![]() ![]() There are some beautiful descriptions like this one: Some stories seem to point out his behavior as a “sweetheart scammer” may have roots in his childhood, but as for everything he says, it’s impossible to know if you can rely on his words or not. The type of man who could slip so smoothly into a woman’s sensibility…Ī man who could satisfy a woman’s desires that even she was unaware of. It is interesting to see his way of doing it, his way with words, the way he plays with their emotions, their curiosity, and his way of talking them into it. The book is made up of short chapters, each presenting a relationship between a woman and Nishino, at different periods of his life, from the perspective of each of the ten women.ĭespite his character, his awkwardness, though he is also described as handsome, kind and courteous, despite his obvious unfaithfulness, despite their resolve to resist and desire to love somebody else, and even their sense of discomfort with him for some, all these women end up his lovers. ![]() ![]() I read it for Japanese Literature Challenge 13 Hiromi Kawakami has written several noticeable novels, so I decided to try The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino. ![]()
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