The dawning of a young man's homosexual and sadistic desires.
Yukio Mishima was born in 1925 in Tokyo, and is considered one of
the Japan's most important writers. His books broke social
boundaries and taboos at a time when Japan found itself in a state
of rapid social change. His interests besides writing included
body-building, acting, and practising as a Samurai. In 1970 he
attempted to start a military coup, which failed. Upon realising
this, Mishima performed seppuku, a ritual suicide, upon himself. He
was nominated for the Nobel Prize for literature three times.
His major novels include Confessions of a Mask, Forbidden Colours
(also a Penguin Modern Classic), The Temple of the Golden Pavilion,
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea and the tetralogy The
Sea of Fertility- Spring Snow, Runaway Horses, The Temple of Dawn
and The Decay of the Angel.
Mishima is lucid in the midst of emotional confusion, funny in the
midst of despair
*Christopher Isherwood*
Never has a "confession" been freer from self-pity and emotional
over-indulgence
*Sunday Times*
A writer of immense energy and ability
*Time Out*
A terrific and astringent work of beauty... a work of art
*Times Literary Supplement*
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