Some Prefer Nettles Summary
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Some Prefer Nettles Summary

Kaname and Misako are a Japanese couple living in Japan in the 1950s. They have been married for ten years and have a son named Hiroshi. For a long time, they have been considering getting a divorce, but they cannot seem to make up their minds.

Kaname and Misako try to keep their marital problems a secret, and in fact only confide in Kaname's cousin, Takanatsu. Takanatsu can hardly believe how...

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