La Bailarina (Spanish Edition)

La bailarina (Spanish Edition)

ReviewMori Ogai plays masterfully with our expectations, keeping us in suspense. -El PasProduct DescriptionA 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 authors 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. Toyotaro must choose between his education and career and the violent love he feels for the dancer. This true classic of Japanese literature explores themes of love, abandonment, and guilt.Una hermosa alegora sobre el amor y la renuncia, esta novela es una de las obras ms delicadas de Ogai Mori, uno de los autores ms importantes de la literatura japonesa de la era Meiji. Inspirada por el viaje del autor a Alemania, la historia relata la relacin improbable de Toyotaro Ota, un joven estudiante japons, y una pobre y bellsima bailarina alemana que lo seduce hasta atraparlo. Toyotaro tiene que elegir entre su educacin y carrera y el amor violento que siente por la muchacha. Este autntico clsico de la literatura japonesa explora los temas del amor, el abandono y la culpa.About the AuthorOgai Mori was a Japanese writer and poet who believed in antirealism, asserting that literature should reflect the emotional and spiritual domain. Yoko Ogihara and Fernando Cordobs are translators who also collaborated on Soy un gato.