Fourth Myth

Author: (Japan) Yoshiko Shinoda
Translator: Zhiping Zhu
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: A music prodigy from an art university, a stunning beauty chosen among a hundred, custom-made fashion, precious jewelry, elegant opera, a luxurious villa in Nice, and dozens of best-selling books—these are the remnants of the beautiful writer Yuzuka Natsuki, who perished at the age of over forty, leaving behind a myth.
A flawless woman: No matter how radiant she was, no matter how much she was envied, she always fulfilled her duties as a good wife and mother—this is the second myth created by the publisher to rekindle her works on the fifth anniversary of her death.
A life of luxury, high debts, broken family, numerous lovers, hollow works, and flimsy writing—this is the third myth derived from the biographer, a frustrated female "gun for hire" who conducted extensive interviews.
But as she dug deeper, the female "gun for hire" arrived at a completely different conclusion: sifting through the sands, Yuzuka's works still possess genuine artistic value; her ideal was to integrate traditional art into modern art.
Thus, the female "gun for hire" traveled far and wide, bringing Yuzuka's scripts to the stage, and also wrote the true Fourth Myth for her.