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Suicide Settles Serial Soap’s Seething Sex Scandal Whoa, dude, a four way, bi-sexual soap opera that gets weirder and weirder as the obsessions grow stronger! The author wrote it over two years as it appeared serially in a magazine in 1928-30. I had this Sinking Sensation (not only because I like th Leggi tutto

Power and control, jealousy and obsession, manipulation and betrayal - oh yes, and a four-way bisexual love affair: Tanizaki's novel is, as Kristen Roupenian aptly described it, "Cruel Intentions" , but set in the upper class of Osaka. Originally published in a serial format between 1928 and 1930, th Leggi tutto

This was a somewhat strange novel, full of messy relationships and deceit and a few far-fetched moments, but I rather liked it.

Con una prosa que fluye sutil y sencilla, sin artificios, con frases cortas y directas, el autor nos lleva a un enredo que podría haberse presentado más propiamente en esta época de apertura y liberación sexual, sin embargo asombrosamente esta novela fue escrita hace casi 100 años. El autor es capaz Leggi tutto

Man oh man, this book taught me two things about Japanese literature: 1: There was a time, in Japan's history, where the counter-culture of anime and manga did not exist. It was a time when men were real men instead of bishonens, "moe" was a concept that was probably frowned upon because women were a Leggi tutto

Lúc trước đi hiệu sách thấy một chồng mà né , không đọc , vì một lý do không thể baka hơn : em tưởng nó là sách tôn giáo. Em hơi bị ít hứng thú với tôn giáo và chính trị. Sau khi biết nội dung của ẻm không phải về tôn giáo mà là chuyện tình buê đuê tay bốn đầy kịch tính , em liền về down ngay bản ti Leggi tutto