The Third Love

Hardback Published on: 06/06/2024
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The Third Love
Love, In Many Forms
I’ve read all of Hiromi Kawakami’s books that have been released in English so far, and I love the often dreamlike quality to them. With The Third Love, w... READ MORE
Amy , Watford
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Synopsis

Having married her childhood sweetheart, Riko now finds herself trapped in a relationship that has been soured by infidelity. One day, by chance, she runs into her old friend Mr Takaoka, who offers friendship, love, and an unusual escape: he teaches her the trick of living inside her dreams.

And so, each night, she sinks into another life: first as a high-ranking courtesan in the 17th century, and then as a serving lady to a princess in the late Middle Ages. As she experiences desire and heartbreak in the past, so Riko comes to reconsider her life as a 21st century woman, as a wife, as a mother, and as a lover, and to ask herself whether, after loving her husband and loving Mr Takaoka, she is now ready for her third great love.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Granta Books
  • ISBN: 9781783788873
  • Number of pages: 288
  • Dimensions: 216 x 138 mm
  • Languages: English

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The Third Love
Time Bending Weirdness
A strange and beautiful little book about a woman whose obsession with the man who becomes her husband starts to twist into her dreams, taking her into a d... READ MORE
Katy Wheatley
The Third Love
Time hopping novel
A story in which Riko marries her childhood sweetheart then has epic daydreams which take her first to C17 Japan where she’s a prostitute in the Tokyo plea... READ MORE
Hikari
The Third Love
A literary labyrinth that raises more questions than it answers
Kawakami returns in a new translation of her 2020 novel, a revelatory and shimmering mosaic of coming-of-age, historical and fantasy fiction, that never re... READ MORE
Huttson Lo
The Third Love
Only if you read Takaoka's Travels first
This is the story of Riko, a woman in her 30s, married to someone she fell in love with while an early teen. She struggles to understand and live with the ... READ MORE
Dmitry Podpolny
The Third Love
Transport yourself through time and learn about the different forms of love
"The Third Love" is a beautifully crafted novel that will linger in your thoughts long after you turn the final page. With its rich historical detail, comp... READ MORE
Aiesha
The Third Love
Expected a lot more
Hiromi Kawakami has written a tale of a common woman in the 21st century and cloaked in surrealism and magic. Riko married her childhood sweet heart and no... READ MORE
Girish Krishnakumar
The Third Love
Interesting premise but quite slow
It was interesting to use the idea of dreams to explore female experience in Japan over the centuries but the main character was quite dull.
Denise Baden