Description

With a discipline that hardly covers the vitality of his characters' interests, among Japan's great post-war writers informs the story of Kikuji and the tea-party he visits with Mrs. Ota, the competitor of his deceased dad's mistress. An account of sensuous nostalgia, and desire, regret, every motion has a meaning, and also the absolute most fleeting contact or informal utterance has the ability to illuminate whole lives--often in exactly the same minute that it kills them. Translated from japan by Edward H.