It has some interesting episodes, but it is very dense, containingnumerous names of people and places and other details. I guess Tanizaki just wanted to write down his memory, to live through the old time, without caring too much whether those details are appealing to general readers.
Translated by Paul McCarthy. Published by Konansha International, Tokyo, 1988. Hardcover. ISBN 0870118633.
The book uses very high quality paper, and even after 11 years, it still looks much better than most books published nowadays. It is beautifully bound, similar or even superior to Everyman's library.
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