In one scene, members of this family are assisted by a stranger who uses a hairpin to kill multiple spiders in a cage of fireflies. The final line of the novel comments on the prolonged diarrhea of one of these characters that lasts until the 26th. In an early chapter, this family dines with the Kyrilenkos and discusses Com
In one scene, members of this family are assisted by a stranger who uses a hairpin to kill multiple spiders in a cage of fireflies. The final line of the novel comments on the prolonged diarrhea of one of these characters that lasts until the 26th. In an early chapter, this family dines with the Kyrilenkos and discusses Communist China with them. This family lives next to the Stoltzes, who return to their native Germany before World War Two starts. While at a sewing school, a member of this family is saved from a flood by a photographer who dies from surgical gangrene brought about by complications of an ear infection. One of these characters, who is affectionately called Koi-san, eloped with Okubata before becoming attracted to the photographer Itakura. That one, Taeko, patiently waits for another member of this family, Yukiko, to get married. For 10 points, name this family whose members include a quartet of siblings that title a novel by Junichiro Tanizaki.