Sexual obsession and cultural upheaval.
Those are the dominant themes of this month's NH Humanities Council book selection, Some Prefer Nettles.
The author is Junichero Tanizaki, who has often been called "the greatest Japanese novelist of the 20th century."
During a prolific career lasting more than 40 years, he produced several classics of modern Japanese literature.
Many of them, including Some Prefer Nettles, have become renowned for their examinations of Japan's cultural clash with the west.
Humanities reporter Kevin Gardner has more.
