But I have it. This is one of her yaoi titles.
Her work is powerful because her characters are powerful, imperfect, noble and dastardly by turns. She's not afraid of painting with a dark brush and they aren't always happy endings. She doesn't shy away from the ugly side of history either (Western or Japanese), so much so that some of her work is pretty disturbing. But it's always different and thought-provoking. Her straight stuff is good, but her yaoi, in my opinion, is better with far more easily understood and compelling characters.
But I'm always drawn in, made to think, made to feel with her distinct stories (written in thought-provoking vignettes), intense characters and amazingly evocative drawings. She conveys so much with a look or glance, with a modicum of dialog.
This particular collection of stories were among the darker and more disturbing of her work, probably the darkest of her yaoi titles (at least published in English). We have rape and coercion, violence, misuse of a servant (historical France), crime. But I can't hate any of the main characters in any of the stories. I can see where they're coming from, why they're doing it, who they are. No one is evil; at most they are selfish and needy. Given my strong antipathy toward rape (almost pathological), it's really something to make me feel that way.
As with most of her yaoi titles, Yoshinaga doesn't shy away from graphic male-male sex, so if that's a problem, skip the book. If not, this is a very powerful book (all separate unrelated one-shots) with plenty to think about and to feel. Done like the master she is of this particular type of storytelling.
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