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The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino
by Hiromi Kawakami
Generally when there’s a story about a prodigious male lover, us readers tend to see things from the his point of view. Hiromi Kawakami does things differently and presents ten tales from ten women who dated the person.
The lover in question is Yukihiko (and his name is revealed in the third story) Nishino. That’s all I’m going to say about him. Each of the women who went out with him drop little details about his life and by the end of the book we get a full picture of this man and why he is so good at seducing women.
There’s a variety; school friends, best friends of his ex girlfriend, random people. Nishino has loved them all. Also each one looks at him fondly, or in some cases pity.
This gives the impression that this book is about the glorification about one man but Kawakami is much cleverer than that. In fact almost all the women say that Nishino is nothing special and yet he has stayed imprinted in their memories.
The final story we learn simply about a man who has a way with women but because of circumstances and complex background, has to move on. Nishino is a heartbreaker but there is a reason. Mind you not all the women in the book sympathise with him but none of them speak badly of him either.
On the whole I liked The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino. It flows and I the way Kawakami dropped little details about Nishino’s backstory gave the novel depth. Usually a story with a premise like this tends to be samey but Kawakami is able to pull it off perfectly and go beyond the stereotypes that come with a character like Mr Nishino. Admirable
The lover in question is Yukihiko (and his name is revealed in the third story) Nishino. That’s all I’m going to say about him. Each of the women who went out with him drop little details about his life and by the end of the book we get a full picture of this man and why he is so good at seducing women.
There’s a variety; school friends, best friends of his ex girlfriend, random people. Nishino has loved them all. Also each one looks at him fondly, or in some cases pity.
This gives the impression that this book is about the glorification about one man but Kawakami is much cleverer than that. In fact almost all the women say that Nishino is nothing special and yet he has stayed imprinted in their memories.
The final story we learn simply about a man who has a way with women but because of circumstances and complex background, has to move on. Nishino is a heartbreaker but there is a reason. Mind you not all the women in the book sympathise with him but none of them speak badly of him either.
On the whole I liked The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino. It flows and I the way Kawakami dropped little details about Nishino’s backstory gave the novel depth. Usually a story with a premise like this tends to be samey but Kawakami is able to pull it off perfectly and go beyond the stereotypes that come with a character like Mr Nishino. Admirable