Quicksand

"The Broken Cross" (1928) is one of Tanizaki's most notable novels, which was not risked being translated into European languages ​​until 1982. The writer's popular type of seductress, inclined to dominate, acquires new features here. Another favorite theme of the author is revealed from an unexpected side - dissatisfaction with family life based on traditions. A love triangle with forbidden relationships, desires and suspicions, pretense and arguments, a perverse and desperate game are analyzed with meticulous accuracy. The twists and turns of the plot and events caused by mutual deceptions keep the reader in constant tension, and the denouement forces one to think again about the problems of life, death and love.