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208 pages • first pub 1950 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780375705076
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Vintage
Publication date: 22 February 1999
Description
Sexual torment, jealousy, and impossible-to-resolve longing, Mishima's Thirst for Love is a portrait of the corrosive power of frustrated desire. The protaganist is Etsuko, a young widow whose philandering husband died horribly from typhoid. After...
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Moods
dark: 85%
reflective: 50%
tense: 50%
emotional: 49%
sad: 31%
mysterious: 22%
challenging: 18%
funny: 4%
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Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault208 pages • first pub 1950 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780375705076
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Vintage
Publication date: 22 February 1999
Description
Sexual torment, jealousy, and impossible-to-resolve longing, Mishima's Thirst for Love is a portrait of the corrosive power of frustrated desire. The protaganist is Etsuko, a young widow whose philandering husband died horribly from typhoid. After...