The shade of blossoms / Ōoka Shōhei ; translated with an introduction by Dennis Washburn.
Following a three-year absence during which she was a man's mistress, a bar girl returns to her trade in the Ginza, Tokyo's red light district. At 38, it's a struggle, especially as Yoko Adachi has a tendency to tell her clients exactly what she thinks of them.
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