Word: fumiko
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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ORIENTAL occultism: deeply intertwined, almost incestuous, love affairs; one women's guilt pain and revenge--these are the promising central elements of Masks a novel best described as a Japanese Harlequin Romance Sadly, Fumiko Enchi fails to deliver on this promise...
...Fumiko Enchi wrote Masks 25 years ago, but only this year did Knopf publish an English translation. Enchi is described as one of Japan's most important women writers, Masks as her finest work. However, an unlikely plot, combined with a superficial theme and vacuous characterization, make that boast at best difficult to believe...