The Shade of Blossoms (Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies)
by Ooka Shohei, 大岡昇平
Category: Fiction

Following a three-year absence during which she was a man's mistress, a bar girl returns to her trade in the Ginza, Tokyo's red light district. At 38, it's a struggle, especially as Yoko Adachi has a tendency to tell her clients exactly what she thinks of them.