Quicksand

Synopsis

Quicksand is a silkily nuanced novel of erotic gamesmanship and obsession. Sonoko kakiuchi, an osaka lady of a good family, married to a dully respected lawyer, tells a story of temptation and betrayal. Sonoko is infatuated with the beautiful art student and femme fatale mitsuko, a woman so seductive and heartless she can even turn sonoko's husband into her own accomplice. Filled with intrigue and treacherous romance, readers will be entranced by tanizaki’s seminal novel.