On the Island of Heavenly Nets

"Madmen, who know no restraint in love, always come to a sad end..." A young paper merchant, Jihei, has a wife and two children, but upon meeting the beautiful courtesan Koharu, Jihei forgets both his family and his business. All of Koharu's thoughts are also devoted to Jihei, and she becomes cold and indifferent to other men. Realizing that they can never be together, the lovers see only one way out of their situation... This edition also includes the plays "The Night Song of the Tamaba Whip Driver Yosaku" and "The Oil Hell." All three works are published in the translation of the famous philologist and researcher of Japanese literature, Vera Nikolaevna Markova.