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In Praise of Shadows Book
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In Praise of Shadows

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki1933

An essay on Japanese aesthetics that defends dimness, lacquer, candlelight and shadow against the glare of electric modernity. Not fiction, but perhaps the clearest statement of lunapunk's taste in light.

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