THIRST OF LOVE BY YUKIO MISHIMA (JAPAMESE NOVEL)

Etsuko suddenly loses her husband, who had tortured her with repeated extramarital affairs, and takes refuge in the villa/farm where her father-in-law Yakichi and her husband's siblings and their families live. Eventually, Etsuko becomes involved in a physical relationship with her father-in-law, and even as his skeletal hands grope her body, she is drawn to the young body and simple heart of the hired gardener, Saburo. However, Saburo has a lover, a maid named Miyo. An ambitious novel where jealousy and twisted happiness lead to a violent ending. Swamp-like passion. Who is to blame? The original title was \""The Scarlet Beast,\"" taken from the \""Chapter of the Whore\"" in the Book of Revelation.\nThis is a Japanese novel, written in Japanese.