伊藤くんＡ　ｔｏ　Ｅ | The Many Faces of Ito

Title: 伊藤くんＡ　ｔｏ　Ｅ
Authors: 柚木　麻子 著
Pages: 242P
Published At: September, 2013
Description:
A beautiful department store employee who has harbored unrequited feelings for Itoh for years, only to be treated poorly. A directionless part-time worker plagued by Itoh's obsessive, stalker-like affection. A deputy manager at a department store basement cake shop who has never lacked for men and takes Itoh's virginity. A university staff member who, rejected by Itoh for being a virgin, spirals into recklessness and rushes into her first experience. A 33-year-old screenwriter, once successful but now struggling, who hosts a study group that Itoh attends faithfully. What could they possibly see in this man? Shoji Itoh, a handsome but self-absorbed and thoughtless man who strings along five women. Their love, frustration, jealousy, obsession, and sense of superiority intertwine in this bittersweet, poignant coming-of-age novel that marks the author's finest achievement.

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