Perfume, by Patrick Suskind

Murderer: Does not recognize the right of existence of others. Towards the perfection of his own idea.
People: What leads your life? Does will exist or it is passive reaction?

Published by Vintage International, 2001. Paperback. ISBN 0375725849. Translated from the German by John E. Woods.

The Thirteenth Tale, by Diane Setterfield

A fun readying. An entertaining story. Borrowed from Wuthering Height, One Hundred Years of Solitude and Rebbecca, but mixed well.

Published by ATRIA books, 2006. ISBN 978-0-7432-9802-5. Hardcover.

Spring Snow, by Yukio Mishima

I put down the book after reading several chapters. It was not an easy reading -- Mishima threw in too many his words and "philosophy".

However, the imagine of maple trees and the boy lying on the grass in the sunshine kept floating out. So I picked up the book again and eventually finished it, although it took more than two months.

Mishima made the story in order to illustrate his "philosophy": the war of passion/love after the age of hero. To him (and many other writers), the story itself is not really important. However, I prefer a smoother story.

In the "made" story, the character Kiyoaki's behavior is a nonsense. However, nonsense is everywhere in humans, which gives it its sense.

Translated by Michael Gallagher. Published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1972. The book is the first one of "The Sea of Fertility", a cycle of four novels. ISBN 0394442493.