Acts of Worship: Seven StoriesThe first comprehensive collection in English of the controversial Japanese writer's short fiction includes stories from throughout his career, dealing with love and sexuality, the union of mind and body, and other themes. |
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Akio Anri bamboo sword beautiful began beneath blue cigarette close clouds club combs D. H. Lawrence dark distance Eifuku Mon'in emperor Fushimi emperor Kazan everything eyes fact feeling felt fencing fessor fingers fountains Fujimiya gave gazed girl Gogi Gogi's Gyokuyoshu hair hand Hatakeyama head Heian period Imura Jack Jiro Jiro's Kagawa kind Kinouchi Kokubu Kumano Kumano shrines light look Masako Mibu Mibu's mind Mishima morning move Nachi Falls never night poetry Professor Pure Land rain raisin bread rest rock seemed sense shadow Shinto shrine side silent slope smile someone sound stared stood story student suddenly suggested summer sunlight sure sweat tatami tears temple thing thought tion Tokyo took training clothes trees Tsuneko turned verse voice walking Watari watching waterfall woman young youth