Text version of "Dream of the woman sinner" of hokusai

P Grainville has obviously taken the strangeness and refinement of the scene of a painting by the Japanese artist Hokusai; it makes its style novel Mesmer, sensual; a young man in love with a beautiful widow, barely older than him. Hoping to see her "treasure", his most intimate nudity, he spies. To the rhythm of the concerns of the villagers near the volcano threat, fortunes and inconvenience exalt or plunge into a state of despair: the portrait of a European greedy predator flesh and wealth is particularly interesting levied by that " candid "young man who gradually opening their eyes to the réalité.Le important figure, that of the octopus, refers to many fantasies, worrying or tempting, sacred, depending.
Lots of charm, this book is permeated Japanese legends.

Johna
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