TY - BOOK AU - Chiyo,Uno AU - Birnbaum,Phyllis TI - Confessions of Love SN - 9780824845476 AV - PL840.N58 I7613 1989eb U1 - 895.6/34 19 PY - 2022///] CY - Honolulu : PB - University of Hawaii Press, KW - Women KW - Japan KW - Fiction KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; TRANSLATOR'S NOTE --; CONFESSION OF LOVE --; ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND TRANSLATOR; restricted access N2 - In this novel Uno Chiyo has created one of the most memorable love stories in Japanese literature. It is the story of Yuasa Jōji, a famous artist who returns to Japan after many years in Paris. Once back in Tokyo, he receives love letters from a fervent young woman who begs him to meet her--importunings that start him on a bizarre round of romantic adventures.Writing here at the height of her powers, one of Japan’s foremost women writers explores both the folly and the inevitability of human passion, leading the reader to a startling revelation of how lives can be destroyed by the compulsions of love UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824845476 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824845476 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780824845476/original ER -