Portrait of a Lady with Pearls

Kikuchi Kan liberates women from traditional notions of the submissive role of the weaker sex. A feminist novel about love and cruelty by the famous Japanese writer. Kikuchi Kan is a crucial figure in Japanese literature of the first half of the twentieth century. At the center of the novel "Portrait of a Lady with Pearls" is the wealthy widow Ruriko, who decided to prove to herself and the whole world that a woman is capable of much more. Finding herself in a difficult life situation, she did not surrender to the mercy of fate, but challenged it and, calling upon all her beauty, cunning, and charm, embarked on a path of war for her independence and equality.