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Flowers by Night
- Narrated by: Payton Huang
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
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Summary
Japan, 1825: Low-ranking samurai Uchida Tomonosuke is a devotee of the way of manly love, but he has never pledged himself to another man. Until one day he accidentally crosses paths with Ichi, a beautiful blind masseur who challenges everything he thought he knew about love between men.
Ichi is independent and confident, but his blindness means he is considered a non-person in the rigid social hierarchy. Tomonosuke is torn between his passion for this elegant young man and the expectations of his rank. Not to mention his obligation to his unhappy wife Okyo. But when betrayal and natural disasters strike, it is Ichi who holds the key to saving Tomonosuke's life.
This vivid, meticulously researched novel depicts unconventional lives during the first half of the 19th century in Edo - the city that would become Tokyo. Step into a world in which the gay-straight binary doesn't exist, where androgyny in both men and women is celebrated. This thoroughly researched historical novel presents a realistic, deeply moving view of samurai, geisha, Japanese culture, and disability. It's also a steamy, explicit gay love story that knowingly bends the m-m romance genre.
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- Hemmel M.
- 09-07-23
interesting from the first till the last word
I liked the story about 4 people ending up in 1 household. I had a hard time liking Tomonoke, him being weak, indecisive and self absorbed. The plot was realisticly meandering and all the details about Japan were well researched, according to the end notes. No big drama or heavy emotions but still a love story as the core.
The narrator had a pleasant voice and read well. No performance, what I like best. His voices were very similar but the expression was according to the text.
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- emrys
- 17-10-21
Brilliant !
What a novel !! I learned so much about nineteenth century Japan - how the population was divided, how so many people were despised because they were not of the right position in society. On top of that it is a wonderful adventure story. You vacillate from one aspect to another. and so much of Japanese society is explored. I cannot praise this book highly enough.
The narrator is very, very good. His knowledge of both Japanese and English is veery impressive.
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