The work of Junichiro Tanizaki (1889–1965) is widely known not only in Japan, but throughout the world. His works have been translated into many languages, and films have been made based on his novels in Europe. A subtle stylist, an unsurpassed master of literary allusions, a bold experimenter, he was never afraid, and often sought to shock the reader - the publication of some of his works caused a stormy public reaction, even to the point of debate in the Japanese parliament about banning them as immoral and pornographic. The novel The Wormwood Lover (1928) occupies a special place in Tanizaki's legacy. The hero of the novel is a man living in a difficult time of breaking eras, a man full of contradictions and dissonance, trying to reconcile traditional culture and the rapidly growing influence of Western modernization. Sign of information products 16+