Portrait of a Lady with Pearls
11 hrs. 18 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Kan Kikuchi
Author
Kan Kikuchi
Narrator
Mikhail Prokopov
Narrator
Mikhail Prokopov
Description
Kikuchi Kan frees a woman from traditional ideas about the subordinate role of the weaker sex. A feminist novel about love and cruelty by the famous Japanese writer.
Kikuchi Kan is one of the most important figures in Japanese literature of the first half of the twentieth century.
At the center of the novel “A Pearl Necklace Portrait” is the wealthy widow Ruriko, who decides to prove to herself and to the whole world that a woman is capable of much more. Facing a difficult life situation, she doesn’t surrender to fate’s mercy, but challenges it—calling upon all her beauty, cunning, and charm. She steps onto the path of war for her independence and equality.
Kikuchi Kan is one of the most important figures in Japanese literature of the first half of the twentieth century.
At the center of the novel “A Pearl Necklace Portrait” is the wealthy widow Ruriko, who decides to prove to herself and to the whole world that a woman is capable of much more. Facing a difficult life situation, she doesn’t surrender to fate’s mercy, but challenges it—calling upon all her beauty, cunning, and charm. She steps onto the path of war for her independence and equality.
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