This week, I finished reading a Japanese book.
I was really captivated by its content especially the last parts.
I felt him as a great womanizer.
He seemed to show deep understanding as well.
Th book "The Life of an Amorous Man". It's written by Ihara Saikaku. Even though it was made long time ago (the book belongs to classical period in Japan), as reader it moved me so much.
But soon, I will have to part from this book because I just borrowed it from my university's library. Therefore, I shall write the titles of stories in the book as a keepsake.
Part I
- Of Stars A-Wooing
- Secret letter
- Through a Spyglass
- Knight-Errant
- Disillusioned
- Etiquette be Damned
- Strange Mate
- Young Widow's Plight
-Devil and Saint
-Flotsam of Life
- Road to Degradation
- Torment
- Muddy River
- Jewel in the Mud
- Southern Belles
- The Lotus Leaf
- Religious Orgy
- Night Flowers by the Sea
- Fake Oracle
- Retribution
- Atonement
- TorturedSoul
-Price of Chivalry
- Nothing to Tell
- Passing Scene in Kyoto
- Sudden Wealth
Part II
- Woman of Quality
- The Spirit is Restless
-Mystery Woman
-Alms for the Greedy
- Fantastic Trick
- Lovelorn Man in a Tree
-Battle of Wits
- Love of a Courtesan
- Hollow in the Floor
- No Man's Fool
- Pride Finds a Way
- Defiant Heart
- Bizarre to the Ridiculous
- Distant Enchantment
- Confession in a Diary
- No Tomorrows
- Frightful Bet
- How Women Should and Should not Behave
- It Happened in a Trance
- All For Him
-The Vulgar and the Grand
-No Return