Junichi is a young fashion designer; his after-hours obsession is with the paintings of Renoir. Kazue, a woman adrift, toils by day in an office, devoting her spare time to doll houses and night life. In the vast urban sprawl of Tokyo, they meet as the prospective partners in an arranged marriage. After the relationship falls apart, their influence on one another continues, catalyzed by the juxtaposition of traditional and modern forces around them. Junichi comes under the influence of Fumie's teacup and soon their separate lives begin to change in unanticipated ways. This novel of modern Japan was first published in electronic form by Spectrum Press of Chicago in 1995.
- ISBN10 0738850845
- ISBN13 9780738850849
- Publish Date 1 December 2000
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Xlibris Corporation
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 244
- Language English