Masks
Author(s): Fumiko Enchi
Masks (1958) takes its name from the Noh masks of Japanese dramas, and much is made of spirit possession. This is a curiously elegant and scandalous tale of sexual deception and revenge. Ibuki loves widow Yasuko who is young, charming and sparkling with intelligence as well as beauty. His friend, Mikame, desires her too but that is not the difficulty. What troubles Ibuki is the curious bond that has grown between Yasuko and her mother-in-law, Mieko, a handsome, cultivated yet jealous woman in her fifties, who is manipulating the relationship between Yasuko and the two men who love her.
Product Information
Fumiko Enchi was a well known female Japanese writer, whose work is often compared to Yukio Mishima. She won the big Japanese Literary prizes in the 1940s (the Noma & Tanizaki) and has never been published in the UK.
General Fields
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- : Random House UK
- : VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
- : 0.122
- : 01 November 0000
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : 01 August 2015
- : books
Special Fields
- : 1508
- : Paperback
- : Fumiko Enchi
