“How alike they were- her honeymoon and her husband’s death- those two short periods of joy! There was in this trip, as in the wedding journey, the same abuse of body and soul, the same untiring, insatiable desire and pain”

voiam sa o citesc pentru ca a fost prima carte despre care am auzit de la mishima si chiar daca nu a fost wow, mishima a facut o treaba buna, mai mult ca stil decat ca substanta
nu e prima data cand are drept narator un personaj feminin si nu o da in bara iar tematica obsessive love/ self-imposed suffering i se potriveste; (credeam ca sfarsitul o sa dea kix dar situatia s-a oprit la fix si nu a facut-o deci raman la a i da 3 stelute)