The Love Adventures of a Single Man
The Love Adventures of a Single Man
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"How vast this world is!" exclaims a man named Yonosuke, living in 17th-century Japan, which has "self-isolated." With contact with the outside world minimal, Japan is undergoing turbulent changes, emerging from the Middle Ages and laying the foundations we now consider the hallmarks of traditional Japanese culture.
Yonosuke's wanderings through the cities and remote corners of the country, as well as his countless affairs with women, form the core of the plot. This book, structured as the life story of a man completely surrendered to the passion of love, was written by the classic Japanese writer Ihara Saikaku (1642–1693), whose name in world literature is often compared to Boccaccio and Cervantes.
Saikaku's books have been translated into Russian before, but not this one—his first and most famous, "The History of the Loves of a Solitary Man" (1682). The unique world of love quarters, closely linked to theater, poetry, and printmaking, is revealed here from the perspective of a witty and wise observer. The illustrations to the first edition, presumably by the author himself, offer yet another perspective on the life of a "man of this world"—as the hero's name, Yonosuke, is translated.
Yonosuke's wanderings through the cities and remote corners of the country, as well as his countless affairs with women, form the core of the plot. This book, structured as the life story of a man completely surrendered to the passion of love, was written by the classic Japanese writer Ihara Saikaku (1642–1693), whose name in world literature is often compared to Boccaccio and Cervantes.
Saikaku's books have been translated into Russian before, but not this one—his first and most famous, "The History of the Loves of a Solitary Man" (1682). The unique world of love quarters, closely linked to theater, poetry, and printmaking, is revealed here from the perspective of a witty and wise observer. The illustrations to the first edition, presumably by the author himself, offer yet another perspective on the life of a "man of this world"—as the hero's name, Yonosuke, is translated.
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