Forbidden Colors

From one of Japan's greatest modern writers comes an exquisitely disturbing novel of sexual combat and concealed passion, a work that distills beauty, longing, and loathing into an intoxicating tale.

An aging, embittered novelist sets out to avenge himself on the women who have betrayed him. He finds the perfect instrument in Yuichi, a young man whose beauty makes him irresistible to women but who is just discovering his attraction to other men. As Yuichi's mentor presses him into a loveless marriage and a series of equally loveless philanderings, his prot g enters the gay underworld of postwar Japan where Yuichi is defenseless as any of the women he preys upon.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02/22/1999
ISBN: 9780375705168
Pages: 416
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Library Journal 05/01/1999 pg. 118