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Fumiko Enchi dipinge una storia indimenticabile in cui echeggiano la "Storia di Genji" e le atmosfere di "Madama Butterfly", in uno dei romanzi più importanti della letteratura giapponese. Alla fine del periodo Edo la moglie di un funzionario del governo, Tomo, viene mandata a Tokyo, dove l'attende un compito straziante: tra le molte ragazze offerte dalle loro famiglie, deve scegliere una giovane rispettabile che diventi la nuova concubina del...

La storia si svolge negli anni Cinquanta del nostro secolo ma tratta un tema caro alla letteratura classica, quello della forza distruttiva della gelosia e del risentimento femminile. Una storia di amore e di morte nella quale si intrecciano inganni, tradimenti, inspiegabili possessioni, tutta giocata attorno alla protagonista femminile, Mieko, che sotto una maschera di serena compostezza nasconde un rancore profondo e inestinguibile che nasce...

Situada en Japón a finales del siglo XIX, ¿Los años de espera¿ es un admirable y sensible retrato de la condición de las mujeres en un país todavía inmerso en las viejas tradiciones feudales. Educada para cumplir el rol tradicional de su sexo, Tomo no sólo debe soportar las humillantes infidelidades de su marido, sino que incluso debe aceptar con sumisión el encargo de buscarle concubinas y acogerlas bajo su techo. Primero será la quinceañera ...

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Fumiko Enchi was the pen-name of Fumi Ueda, one of the most prominent Japanese women writers in the Showa period of Japan. Her first play, A Turbulent Night in Late Spring, performed at the Tsukiji Little Theatre, was a success and a short story published in 1952, Days of Hunger, was acclaimed by the critics and won the coveted Women Writers Prize.On the publication in 1957 of The Waiting Years ¿ a novel she took eight years to write ¿ she won...

Fumiko Enchi was the pen-name of Fumi Ueda, one of the most prominent Japanese women writers in the Showa period of Japan. Her first play, A Turbulent Night in Late Spring, performed at the Tsukiji Little Theatre, was a success and a short story published in 1952, Days of Hunger, was acclaimed by the critics and won the coveted Women Writers Prize.On the publication in 1957 of The Waiting Years ¿ a novel she took eight years to write ¿ she won...

A Tale of False Fortunes is a masterful translation of Enchi Fumiko's (1905-1986) modern classic, Namamiko monogatari. Written in 1965, this prize-winning work of historical fiction presents an alternative account of an imperial love affair narrated in the eleventh-century romance A Tale of Flowering Fortunes (Eiga monogatari). Both stories are set in the Heian court of the emperor Ichijo (980-1011) and tell of the ill-fated love between the e...

A Tale of False Fortunes is a masterful translation of Enchi Fumiko's (1905-1986) modern classic, Namamiko monogatari. Written in 1965, this prize-winning work of historical fiction presents an alternative account of an imperial love affair narrated in the eleventh-century romance A Tale of Flowering Fortunes (Eiga monogatari). Both stories are set in the Heian court of the emperor Ichijo (980-1011) and tell of the ill-fated love between the e...

Following the death of her son, Mieko Togano takes an increasing interest in the personal affairs of her widowed daughter-in-law, Yasuko. Devastated by her loss, 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 ...