{"product_id":"masks-isbn-9780394722184","title":"Masks","description":"\u003cb\u003eA stunning and understated debut novel of seduction and infidelity about a woman who, devastated by the death of her son, takes an increasing interest in the personal affairs of her widowed daughter-in-law.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing the devastating death of her son, Mieko Toganō takes an increasing interest in the personal affairs of her widowed daughter-in-law, Yasuko. She skillfully manipulates the relationships between Yasuko and the two men who are in love with her, encouraging a dalliance that will have terrible consequences. Meanwhile, hidden in the shadows, is Mieko’s mentally-handicapped daughter, who has her own role to play in her mother’s bizarre schemes.“A subtle examination of universal female behavior.” —\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “[Enchi’s] allusions to the masks of Nō plays and to the classic \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of Genji,\u003c\/i\u003e the brilliant way she layers and interweaves the ancient, the more recent past and the present are haunting and rich. A fictional enchantment.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Enchi’s writing has some of the same amniotic fluidity as Tolstoy’s, an almost bodily, floating immersion into the effortless habitat of the story.” —\u003ci\u003eThe American Reader\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Clear and powerful.... Almost imperceptively woven.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003eFUMIKO ENCHI was born in Tokyo in 1905, the daughter of the great Meiji scholar Ueda Mannen. She is the author of many novels and stories, and has produced a ten-volume translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Take of Genji\u003c\/i\u003e into modern Japanese. \u003ci\u003eMasks\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in Japan in 1958.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303961776357,"sku":"NP9780394722184","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780394722184.jpg?v=1767732371","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/masks-isbn-9780394722184","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}