Picture 1 of 1

Stock photo

Masks by Fumiko Enchi (English) Paperback Book - Picture 1 of 1

Masks by Fumiko Enchi (Paperback, 2019)

thenilestore (1242606)

99% positive Feedback

Price:

AU $20.61

Approximately£9.89

Free postage

Estimated delivery Fri, 13 Jun - Wed, 18 Jun

Returns:

30 days return. Buyer pays for return postage. If you use an eBay delivery label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.

Condition:

New

She was elected to the Japan Art Academy shortly before her death in 1986. by Fumiko Enchi. Fumiko Enchi was a well known female Japanese writer, whose work is often compared to Yukio Mishima. [Enchi's] allusions to the masks of No plays and to the classic The Tale of Genji, the brilliant way she layers and interweaves the ancient, the more recent past and the present are haunting and rich.

About this product

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. Published for the first time in the UK, one of Japan's greatest modern female writers 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.