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The Lady and the Monk, Four Seasons in Kyoto

The Lady and the Monk, Four Seasons in Kyoto

by Pico Iyer

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 337 PAGES

Deeply romanticized, this short novel is nonetheless redolent in the places, sights and sounds of modern day Kyoto. Iyer writes with infectious charm the story of a young American man and his affair with a bored Japanese married woman.  (JPN32, $14.95)

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