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The Frolic of the Beasts (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780525434153)
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xSet in rural Japan shortly after World War II, this gripping novel tells the story of a strange and utterly absorbing love triangle that leads to psychological self-entrapment, seduction, and murder. - "A compelling tale of love and violence." --The Washington Post
"Mishima is a giant.... One of the most acclaimed writers of the 20th century." --The New York Times Book Review
Translated into English for the first time, this novel is about an affair gone wrong between a former university student, Kōji; his would-be mentor, the eminent literary critic Ippei Kusakado; and Ippei's beautiful, enigmatic wife, Yūko. When brought face-to-face with one of Ippei's many marital indiscretions, Kōji finds his growing desire for Yūko compels him to action in a way that changes all three of their lives profoundly. Originally published in 1961 and now available in English for the first time, The Frolic of the Beasts is a haunting examination of the various guises we assume throughout our lives.
Author: Yukio Mishima
ISBN-10: 0525434151
ISBN-13: 9780525434153
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 11/27/2018
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.60d
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/15/2018 pg. 54
Publishers Weekly 09/24/2018
Shelf Awareness 12/18/2018
"Mishima is a giant.... One of the most acclaimed writers of the 20th century." --The New York Times Book Review
Translated into English for the first time, this novel is about an affair gone wrong between a former university student, Kōji; his would-be mentor, the eminent literary critic Ippei Kusakado; and Ippei's beautiful, enigmatic wife, Yūko. When brought face-to-face with one of Ippei's many marital indiscretions, Kōji finds his growing desire for Yūko compels him to action in a way that changes all three of their lives profoundly. Originally published in 1961 and now available in English for the first time, The Frolic of the Beasts is a haunting examination of the various guises we assume throughout our lives.
Author: Yukio Mishima
ISBN-10: 0525434151
ISBN-13: 9780525434153
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 11/27/2018
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.60d
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/15/2018 pg. 54
Publishers Weekly 09/24/2018
Shelf Awareness 12/18/2018
By Yukio Mishima
xYUKIO MISHIMA was born in Tokyo in 1925. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University's School of Jurisprudence in 1947. His first published book, The Forest in Full Bloom, appeared in 1944 and he established himself as a major author with Confessions of a Mask (1949). From then until his death he continued to publish novels, short stories, and plays each year. His crowning achievement, the Sea of Fertility tetralogy--which contains the novels Spring Snow (1969), Runaway Horses (1969), The Temple of Dawn (1970), and The Decay of the Angel (1971)--is considered one of the definitive works of twentieth-century Japanese fiction. In 1970, at the age of forty-five and the day after completing the last novel in the Fertility series, Mishima committed seppuku (ritual suicide)--a spectacular death that attracted worldwide attention.
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