A short novel in which the main protagonist, Kikuji Mitani, reflects on his dead father's love life and becomes embroiled in the machinations of his father's mistresses and his love of the tea ceremony. Passive in character, he thoughtlessly has an affair with one of the mistresses and then her daughter whilst also being drawn to a proposed bride. Told with restraint and sensitivity.
(Christine Miller - bwl 52 July 2009 ) |
