Product Description: A beautiful allegory about love and self-sacrifice, this novel is one of the most delicate works by Mori Ogai, one of the most important authors of the Meiji era in Japan. Inspired by the author’s trip to Germany, the story tells of the unlikely relationship between Toyotaro Ota, a young Japanese student, and a poor, beautiful German ballerina who seduces and utterly captivates him...read more