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Sun and Steel

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In this fascinating document, one of Japan's best known-and controversial-writers created what might be termed a new literary form. It is new because it combines elements of many existing types of writing, yet in the end fits into none of them.At one level, it may be read as an account of how a puny, bookish boy discovered the importance of his own physical being; the "sun and steel" of the title ... Read more

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In this fascinating document, one of Japan's best known-and controversial-writers created what might be termed a new literary form. It is new because it combines elements of many existing types of writing, yet in the end fits into none of them.At one level, it may be read as an account of how a puny, bookish boy discovered the importance of his own physical being; the "sun and steel" of the title
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The Sound of Waves

by Yukio Mishima ...

Translated by Meredith Weatherby ...

Series series Vintage International
A timeless story of first love set in a remote fishing village in Japan. • "A story that is both happy and a work of art.... Altogether a joyous and lovely thing." —The New York TimesA young fisherman is entranced at the sight of the beautiful daughter of the wealthiest man in the village. They fall in love, but must then endure the calumny and gossip of the villagers. ... Read more

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A timeless story of first love set in a remote fishing village in Japan. • "A story that is both happy and a work of art.... Altogether a joyous and lovely thing." —The New York TimesA young fisherman is entranced at the sight of the beautiful daughter of the wealthiest man in the village. They fall in love, but must then endure the calumny and gossip of the villagers.
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Beautiful Star

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by Yukio Mishima ...

Translated by Stephen Dodd ...

A tale of family, love, nuclear war, and… UFOs; a classic novel from iconic Japanese author Yukio Mishima, available in English for the first time.Like nothing else that Mishima wrote, this atmospheric black comedy tells the story of the Osugi family, who come to the sudden realization that each of them hails from a different planet: Father from Mars, mother from Jupiter, son from Mercury and ... Read more

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A tale of family, love, nuclear war, and… UFOs; a classic novel from iconic Japanese author Yukio Mishima, available in English for the first time.Like nothing else that Mishima wrote, this atmospheric black comedy tells the story of the Osugi family, who come to the sudden realization that each of them hails from a different planet: Father from Mars, mother from Jupiter, son from Mercury and
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Spring Snow

The Sea of Fertility, 1

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Series Book 1 - Vintage International
"A classic of Japanese literature" (Chicago Sun-Times) and the first novel in the masterful tetralogy, The Sea of Fertility, set in 1912 Tokyo, featuring an aspiring lawyer who believes he has met the successive reincarnations of his childhood friend.It is 1912 in Tokyo, and the hermetic world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders—rich provincial families ... Read more

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"A classic of Japanese literature" (Chicago Sun-Times) and the first novel in the masterful tetralogy, The Sea of Fertility, set in 1912 Tokyo, featuring an aspiring lawyer who believes he has met the successive reincarnations of his childhood friend.It is 1912 in Tokyo, and the hermetic world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders—rich provincial families
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Sun & Steel

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Translated by Sam Bett ...

Mishima’s essential text on the aesthetics of the bodyIn this endlessly fascinating essay—part bildungsroman, part treatise—from one of Japanese’s most celebrated and controversial modern writers, we witness the transformation of Yukio Mishima from a bookish teenager who avoided fighting in WWII, to a bodybuilder, a warrior, and a writer soaring at the heights of fame in postwar Japan, who ... Read more

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Mishima’s essential text on the aesthetics of the bodyIn this endlessly fascinating essay—part bildungsroman, part treatise—from one of Japanese’s most celebrated and controversial modern writers, we witness the transformation of Yukio Mishima from a bookish teenager who avoided fighting in WWII, to a bodybuilder, a warrior, and a writer soaring at the heights of fame in postwar Japan, who
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The Decay of the Angel

The Sea of Fertility, 4

by Yukio Mishima ...

Translated by Edward G. Seidensticker ...

Series Book 4 - Vintage International
The final installment of the masterful tetralogy, The Sea of Fertility, finds Shigekuni Honda an elderly wealthy man in the 1960s, adopting a teenage orphan whom he is convinced is the reincarnation of his childhood friend. • "One of the best final scenes in the history of the novel.” —David Mitchell, The New York Times Book ReviewHonda, now an aged and wealthy man, once more encounters a person ... Read more

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The final installment of the masterful tetralogy, The Sea of Fertility, finds Shigekuni Honda an elderly wealthy man in the 1960s, adopting a teenage orphan whom he is convinced is the reincarnation of his childhood friend. • "One of the best final scenes in the history of the novel.” —David Mitchell, The New York Times Book ReviewHonda, now an aged and wealthy man, once more encounters a person
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The Temple of Dawn

The Sea of Fertility, 3

by Yukio Mishima ...

Series Book 3 - Vintage International
The third novel in the masterful tetralogy, The Sea of Fertility, in which a brilliant lawyer will go to nearly any length to discover whether a young Thai princess is in fact the reincarnated spirit of his childhood friend. • “Surpassingly chilling, subtle, and original.” —The New York TimesHere, Shigekuni Honda continues his pursuit of the successive reincarnations of Kiyoaki Matsugae, his ... Read more

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The third novel in the masterful tetralogy, The Sea of Fertility, in which a brilliant lawyer will go to nearly any length to discover whether a young Thai princess is in fact the reincarnated spirit of his childhood friend. • “Surpassingly chilling, subtle, and original.” —The New York TimesHere, Shigekuni Honda continues his pursuit of the successive reincarnations of Kiyoaki Matsugae, his
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Runaway Horses

The Sea of Fertility, 2

by Yukio Mishima ...

Series Book 2 - Vintage International
**The second novel in the masterful tetralogy, *The Sea of Fertility—*and “a modern masterpiece” (The Baltimore Sun)—narrated by a judge in Osaka who believes he has met the successive reincarnation of his childhood friend Kiyoaki Matsugae.In 1932, Shigekuni Honda has become a judge in Osaka. Convinced that a young rightist revolutionary, Isao, is the reincarnation of his friend Kiyoaki*,* Honda ... Read more

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**The second novel in the masterful tetralogy, *The Sea of Fertility—*and “a modern masterpiece” (The Baltimore Sun)—narrated by a judge in Osaka who believes he has met the successive reincarnation of his childhood friend Kiyoaki Matsugae.In 1932, Shigekuni Honda has become a judge in Osaka. Convinced that a young rightist revolutionary, Isao, is the reincarnation of his friend Kiyoaki*,* Honda
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The Adventures of Natsuko

A Novel

by Yukio Mishima ...

Translated by Stephen Dodd ...

Series series Vintage International
A comic romance set in the snowy north, from one of Japan’s most revered novelists. Available in English for the first time.Unimpressed by her marriage prospects, 20-year-old Natsuko Matsuura decides to pack it in and enter a convent. But en route to an abbey in the far north of Japan, she meets a young man on a mission, Tsuyoshi Ida, who makes her think again. Travelling together across the ... Read more

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A comic romance set in the snowy north, from one of Japan’s most revered novelists. Available in English for the first time.Unimpressed by her marriage prospects, 20-year-old Natsuko Matsuura decides to pack it in and enter a convent. But en route to an abbey in the far north of Japan, she meets a young man on a mission, Tsuyoshi Ida, who makes her think again. Travelling together across the
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Life for Sale

by Yukio Mishima ...

Translated by Stephen Dodd ...

Series series Vintage International
“A propulsive, madcap story” (The New York Times) about a salaryman who decides to put his life up for sale in the classifieds section of a Tokyo newspaper after a botched suicide attempt. • "An outstanding writer not only of Japan, but of the world." —The AtlanticAfter salaryman Hanio Yamada puts his life up for sale, interested parties quickly come calling with increasingly bizarre requests. ... Read more

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“A propulsive, madcap story” (The New York Times) about a salaryman who decides to put his life up for sale in the classifieds section of a Tokyo newspaper after a botched suicide attempt. • "An outstanding writer not only of Japan, but of the world." —The AtlanticAfter salaryman Hanio Yamada puts his life up for sale, interested parties quickly come calling with increasingly bizarre requests.
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Death in Midsummer

And Other Stories

by Yukio Mishima ...

Recognized throughout the world for his brilliance as a novelist and playwright, Yukio Mishima is also noted as a master of the short story in his native Japan, where the form is practiced as a major art.Nine of Yukio Mishima’s finest stories were selected by Mishima himself for translation in this book; they represent his extraordinary ability to depict a wide variety of human beings in moments ... Read more

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Recognized throughout the world for his brilliance as a novelist and playwright, Yukio Mishima is also noted as a master of the short story in his native Japan, where the form is practiced as a major art.Nine of Yukio Mishima’s finest stories were selected by Mishima himself for translation in this book; they represent his extraordinary ability to depict a wide variety of human beings in moments
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Voices of the Fallen Heroes

And Other Stories

by Yukio Mishima ...

Translated by Jeffrey Angles, Sam Bett, Paul McCarthy, Juliet Winters Carpenter, Tomoko Aoyama, Hannah Osborne, Oliver White ...

A new selection of Yukio Mishima (author of Spring Snow and The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea) short stories from the 1960s—his final decade—Voices of the Fallen Heroes offers a unique glimpse into the mind of one of Japan’s greatest writers.In the title story, "Voices of the Fallen Heroes," a séance brings forth the spirits of young officers in the Imperial Army and the kamikaze pilots ... Read more

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A new selection of Yukio Mishima (author of Spring Snow and The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea) short stories from the 1960s—his final decade—Voices of the Fallen Heroes offers a unique glimpse into the mind of one of Japan’s greatest writers.In the title story, "Voices of the Fallen Heroes," a séance brings forth the spirits of young officers in the Imperial Army and the kamikaze pilots
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