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Naomi

by Jun Ichiro Tanizaki

ISBN: 0375724745
ISBN-13: 9780375724749
Format: Paperback

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Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Vintage Books
Published date: 2001
Size: 5.25 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.45 pounds

Publisher's Notes

In a novel set during the period between the World Wars, the narrator, a young engineer, describes his marriage to Naomi, a teenage cafT hostess who is infatuated with Western fashion.

Other Editions

Hardcover - Random House Inc (1985) - from $8.95
Paperback - Random House Inc (2001) - from $3.85

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