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From Life Of A Sensuous Woman By Ihara Saikau
From Life of a Sensuous Woman written by Ihara Saikau in 1686 is a dramatic piece of work, the text is risky for this time, the fact that it was written by a man was risky and then concepts of a “Sensuous” women. The story has three parts of the narrative, two of which that are men and one of a woman. Two men having opposite ideology on life and death. Gives a not noticeable insight on what the reading to come will be like.
The author Ihara Saikau writing in women’s perspective. Three format part narrative; first a single male seeing two males, second part two men traveling to a rundown home way from the city, last part is on a woman telling the two men about her life story. The first insight of the story unknown man first sighting two males and following behind without being noticed.
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He looked as if he didn’t have much time left and was getting ready to leave his inheritance to his own parents. ‘I’ve never lacked anything at all,’ he said to the man with him. ‘But there’s one thing I really would like. I wish my pledging liquid could keep flowing on and on like this river and never stop.’ His friend was startled. ‘What I’d like,’ he said, ‘is a country without women. I’d go there and find a quiet place to live, far from any town. There I’d take good care of myself, so I couldn’t live to a decent age. The world keeps changing, and I’d really like to see a lot of different things’” (Puchner

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