
(.) Kawakami captures beautifully the sadness of fleeting affairs, the loneliness of the playboy who cannot keep a lasting attachment." - Nicolas Gattig, The Japan Times As clueless about love and commitment as Nishino, most women dump him when the affair runs its course.


"Through his various incarnations, Nishino becomes a catalyst for each woman to explore her own feelings and sexuality."Est-il une illusion, l'incarnation d'un désir ou l'expression d'un souvenir ? Les 10 Amours de Nishino est une chanson qu'on murmure à voix basse et qui nous envoûte à l'infini." - Christine Ferniot, L'Express.General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the authorĭie zehn Lieben des Nishino - Deutschlandī+ : effective approach solid character(s) study Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs. A little like Nishino himself.The Ten Loves of Nishino - Kawakami Hiromi Driven by desires that are at once unique and common, the women in this book are modern, familiar to us, and still mysterious. Like a modern Decameron, this humorous, sensual, and touching novel by one of Japan’s best-selling and most beloved writers is a powerful and embracing portrait of the human comedy in ten voices. Still clinging to the vivid memory of his warm breath and his indecipherable sentences, ten women tell their stories as they attempt to recreate the image of the unfathomable Nishino. “If you like Haruki Murakami and Yoko Ogawa, it’s a safe bet that you’ll love The Ten Loves of Nishino.”- DozoDomo (France)Įach woman has succumbed, even if only for an hour, to that seductive, imprudent, and furtively feline man who drifted so naturally into their lives.

Best-selling and beloved Japanese author Hiromi Kawakami ( The Nakano Thrift Shop) tells the story of an enigmatic man through the voices of ten remarkable women who have loved him.
