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Main characters. Jōji – The narrator and protagonist: a well-educated 28-year-old man from a wealthy landlord family. He wishes to break from tradition and moves to the city to work as an electrical engineer. He meets Naomi when she is 15, and takes her under his wing to educate her.
A hilarious story of one man’s obsession and a brilliant reckoning of a nation’s cultural confusion—from a master Japanese novelist.When twenty-eight-year-old Joji first lays eyes upon the teenage waitress Naomi, he is instantly smitten by her exotic, almost Western appearance.
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Feb 1, 2012 · Naomi : a novel by Tanizaki, Junʼichirō, 1886-1965. Publication date 1990 Publisher San Francisco : North Point Press Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary ...
A hilarious story of one man’s obsession and a brilliant reckoning of a nation’s cultural confusion—from a master Japanese novelist. When twenty-eight-year-old Joji first lays eyes upon the teenage waitress Naomi, he is instantly smitten by her exotic, almost Western appearance.
- Paperback
Apr 10, 2001 · A hilarious story of one man’s obsession and a brilliant reckoning of a nation’s cultural confusion—from a master Japanese novelist. When twenty-eight-year-old Joji first lays eyes upon the teenage waitress Naomi, he is instantly smitten by her exotic, almost Western appearance.
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Sep 5, 2023 · Naomi is a 1925 novel by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki about a man named Joji who embarks on a tumultuous relationship with a young woman named Naomi. Joji, twenty-eight, meets...
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Apr 10, 2001 · A hilarious story of one man’s obsession and a brilliant reckoning of a nation’s cultural confusion—from a master Japanese novelist. When twenty-eight-year-old Joji first lays eyes upon the...
