Twenty-eight-year-old Kawai Joeji adopted the fifteen-year-old girl Naomi with the intention of training her into a "great" and "amazing" woman. However, Naomi is vain, arrogant and romantic, and hides scheming under her innocent appearance. Kawai is bewitched by her charming appearance and meets her needs at all costs. In the end, he swears to become her slave and let her control her... Because of love, you will endure a lot of humiliation that you could not imagine before.
Reader comments
In fact, it is just giving in to the lust of the flesh, giving it a beautiful name: "beautiful love". In addition, I can see the Japanese people's admiration for Western culture and their inferiority complex at that time.
Feeling distressed
Poor people must be hateful
This book is very interesting! Kawai Rōji's love for Naomi is really crazy. He clearly knows what kind of person Naomi is, but he is still willing to do anything for her. As the book says, "Because of love, you will endure a lot of humiliation that you could not imagine before." Reminds me of Heathcliff in "Wuthering Heights", also that kind of crazy love. However, I still like Naomi better. She is like the book says, "You look so much like Mary Pickford." She is so fashionable!
Tanizaki-sensei's works are great, but the second half of Chapter 26 and Chapter 27 are missing from the collection here, which is a bit of a pity.
It's incomplete... Are there two more chapters?
The most appropriate name is, the beauty of the world, the terrible devil, meeting her is hell on earth.
Good books good books good books
Mr. Tanizaki, you are really awesome. The characterizations are all great (make fist)
In fact, it is just giving in to the lust of the flesh, giving it a beautiful name: "beautiful love". In addition, I can see the Japanese people's admiration for Western culture and their inferiority complex at that time.
Feeling distressed Poor people must be hateful
This book is very interesting! Kawai Rōji's love for Naomi is really crazy. He clearly knows what kind of person Naomi is, but he is still willing to do anything for her. As the book says, "Because of love, you will endure a lot of humiliation that you could not imagine before." Reminds me of Heathcliff in "Wuthering Heights", also that kind of crazy love. However, I still like Naomi better. She is like the book says, "You look so much like Mary Pickford." She is so fashionable!
Tanizaki-sensei's works are great, but the second half of Chapter 26 and Chapter 27 are missing from the collection here, which is a bit of a pity.
It's incomplete... Are there two more chapters?
The most appropriate name is, the beauty of the world, the terrible devil, meeting her is hell on earth.
Good books good books good books
Mr. Tanizaki, you are really awesome. The characterizations are all great (make fist)