About the book: 2010 / Since childhood, Okiti has been endowed with incredible beauty. But beauty brought her nothing but pain. It was beauty that destroyed and destroyed her life. What is the point of beauty then? Japan, 1856. Separated from her beloved Tsurumatsu, Okiti against her will becomes the mistress of an American diplomat, “a foreigner’s concubine”... Her life is ruined, she is branded with shame. Years later, Okiti finds happiness for a short moment when her Tsurumatsu returns to her. But the devils of the past tear her apart, and she abandons her loved one to certain death... The pain of parting, reunion and, finally, the final loss. A monstrous moment has come when she has more reasons to die than to hold on to life... And there is only one, last chance change everything... The True Story of Madama Butterfly. This book became a real bestseller all over the world, it touched the hearts of people of different ages and nationalities, translated into many languages, including Spanish, Polish, Danish, Thai, Hindi, Indonesian and others.