花物語 上

Breathtaking & Challenging

The imagery and allusions in this book are absolutely beautiful. Very vivid, descriptive, and evocative - visually, and emotionally. Every story is named after a different flower, with some thematic relevance, and each has its own unique setting, style and language. Unfortunately for me, it's well above my reading level, so I got the 6th (of 52) stories, before dropping it. But if you're at a reading level where works from the 1920s (with modernized kana) are accessible to you, I absolutely reco