Mori Mari, author, 3-book paperback set ○ "Zeitaku Binbo" (Luxurious Poverty) Price: ¥580 A brilliant imagination, extraordinary intuition, and insight. The author, who escaped the real world and lived a rich and unrestrained life, presents a scathing critique of the times with her entire being. A world of beauty supported by a luxurious spiritual life. 12 essays. ○ "Bara Kui Hime / Kareha no Nedoko" (Rose-Eating Princess / Bed of Fallen Leaves) Price: ¥940 The author, who can only be interested in herself, becomes the "Angry Rose-Eating Princess" in response to the gap between her senses and reality, creating a strange taste of intertwined fiction and reality in "Rose-Eating Princess." Includes "Bed of Fallen Leaves" and "I Don't Go on Sundays," which elevate the forbidden love between men to a world of pure sensuality. ○ "Maria no Unubore Kagami" (Maria's Mirror of Vanity) Price: ¥1050 A unique and eccentric collection of sayings from Maria, who claims to have left the concept of effort behind in her mother's womb. Used books, so there is some yellowing, scuffing, and soiling. Please consider if you don't mind.