Some Prefer NettlesSome Prefer Nettles is set in Tokyo in the 1920s, capturing a marriage on the brink of disintegration in Tanizaki's gripping novel from 1929. Kaname's marriage is falling apart. In the shifting societal landscape of 1920s Tokyo, he and his wife, Misako, find themselves in a caricature of a progressive Western marriage. Seeking solace, Kaname indulges in an affair, while turning a blind eye to the possibility of Misako doing the same. However, this