Description
A stunning and understated debut novel of seduction and infidelity about a woman who, devastated by the death of her son, takes an increasing interest in the personal affairs of her widowed daughter-in-law.
Following the devastating death of her son, Mieko Toganō takes an increasing interest in the personal affairs of her widowed daughter-in-law, Yasuko. She skillfully manipulates the relationships between Yasuko and the two men who are in love with her, encouraging a dalliance that will have terrible consequences. Meanwhile, hidden in the shadows, is Mieko's mentally-handicapped daughter, who has her own role to play in her mother's bizarre schemes.
Author: Fumiko Enchi
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 09/12/1983
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 7.81h x 5.08w x 0.47d
ISBN13: 9780394722184
ISBN10: 0394722183
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Psychological
- Fiction | Romance | Suspense
- Fiction | Cultural Heritage
Following the devastating death of her son, Mieko Toganō takes an increasing interest in the personal affairs of her widowed daughter-in-law, Yasuko. She skillfully manipulates the relationships between Yasuko and the two men who are in love with her, encouraging a dalliance that will have terrible consequences. Meanwhile, hidden in the shadows, is Mieko's mentally-handicapped daughter, who has her own role to play in her mother's bizarre schemes.
Author: Fumiko Enchi
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 09/12/1983
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 7.81h x 5.08w x 0.47d
ISBN13: 9780394722184
ISBN10: 0394722183
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Psychological
- Fiction | Romance | Suspense
- Fiction | Cultural Heritage
About the Author
FUMIKO ENCHI was born in Tokyo in 1905, the daughter of the great Meiji scholar Ueda Mannen. She is the author of many novels and stories, and has produced a ten-volume translation of The Take of Genji into modern Japanese. Masks was first published in Japan in 1958.