Name: Thirst for Love
Rating: 3.6875 (16 reviews)

Yukio Mishima

三島由紀夫

In this masterpiece of the sexual Gothic, Yukio Mishima creates a portrait ofobsessive love and corrosive jealousy among a young widow, her father-in-law, and a domestic servant.

Thirst for Love

Etsuko, a young widow living in postwar Osaka, Japan, falls prey to the sexual advances of her father-in-law and becomes the victim of her compulsion to both love and hurt a young farm worker. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

i need to see the inside of etsuko’s brain

ayoni

Simon Elliott Stegall

Mishima's second novel; moments of his coming genius shine through, but overall its a youthful and uneven effort.

Maxime van der Wal

4-4.5 stars
I absolutely adore how brutally honest Mishima’s writing is. He has mastered the art of metaphors as well. Definitely one of my top authors!!!

Thirst for Love

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