6/29/2023 0 Comments The ten loves of mr nishinoThe women in this collection are vibrant, lusty, and clearly the agents of their own love lives. But in a sly turn by Kawakami, the somewhat feckless Nishino is mostly a catalyst for the women to explore their own feelings of sensuality and sexuality. It's unclear exactly what Nishino looks like or even does for a living-some kind of white-collar work for a company. In 10 chapters from 10 different characters' points of view, the women remember aspects of Nishino's life, from the return of his ghost to his awkward adolescence to his womanizing days from his 20s to late middle age. The title character remains a cipher, but the women who memorialize him are vividly rendered individuals and together form a lively spectrum of female desire. Kawakami ( Record of a Night Too Brief, 2017, etc.) explores desire and the elusive nature of love through the voices of 10 women who all loved the same man, Nishino Yukihiko, at different points in their lives and his.
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