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Masks

Juliet Winters Carpenter

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Masks takes its name from the Noh masks of Japanese dramas, and much is made of spirit possession. This is a curiously elegant and scandalous tale of sexual deception and revenge. Ibuki loves widow Yasuko who is young, charming and sparkling with intelligence as well as beauty. His friend, Mikame, desires her too but that is not the difficulty. What troubles Ibuki is the curious bond that has grown between Yasuko and her mother-in-law, Mieko, a handsome, cultivated yet jealous woman in her fifties, who is manipulating the relationship between Yasuko and the two men who love her.

Language: English

Pages: 141

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Release: September 12, 1983

ISBN: 0394722183

ISBN 13: 9780394722184

Masks

Juliet Winters Carpenter

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Masks takes its name from the Noh masks of Japanese dramas, and much is made of spirit possession. This is a curiously elegant and scandalous tale of sexual deception and revenge. Ibuki loves widow Yasuko who is young, charming and sparkling with intelligence as well as beauty. His friend, Mikame, desires her too but that is not the difficulty. What troubles Ibuki is the curious bond that has grown between Yasuko and her mother-in-law, Mieko, a handsome, cultivated yet jealous woman in her fifties, who is manipulating the relationship between Yasuko and the two men who love her.

Language: English

Pages: 141

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Release: September 12, 1983

ISBN: 0394722183

ISBN 13: 9780394722184

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