Masks - Fumiko Enchi Iginio Ugo Tarchetti He sought not to divert

He sought not to divert readers from the horror of modernity but to make us face it squarely

Grandville

part Gothic horror

six years before his death

Sagawa moved to Tokyo at seventeen

Masks - Fumiko Enchi Iginio Ugo Tarchetti He sought not to divertMasks by Fumiko Enchi, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter ISBN 9780394722184 140 page paperback from Vintage International *** A subtle examination of universal female behavior. People [Enchis] allusions to the masks of N plays and to the classic The Tale of Genji, the brilliant way she layers and interweaves the ancient, the more recent past and the present are haunting and rich. A fictional enchantment. Publishers Weekly Enchis writing has some