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The Life and Death of Yukio Mishima (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Life and Death of Yukio MishimaThis biography begins with the spectacularly tragic last day of the militant Japanese novelist, Yukio Mishima, in 1970 (best known for his masterpiece, "The Sea of Fertility"). The book unravels why he kidnapped a leading military figure, tried to incite rebellion, and committed suicide.
Full description- Publisher: Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S.
- Published: 08 August 2000
- Format: Paperback 352 pages
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- Categories: Biography: General | Biography: Literary | Literary Studies: General | Literary Studies: From C 1900 - | Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers
- ISBN 13: 9780815410744 ISBN 10: 0815410743
- Sales rank: 193,342
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Full description for The Life and Death of Yukio Mishima
Novelist, playwright, film actor, martial artist, and political commentator, Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) was arguably the most famous person in Japan at the time of his death. Henry Scott Stokes, one of Mishima's closest friends, was the only non-Japanese allowed to attend the trial of the men involved in Mishima's spectacular suicide. In this insightful and empathetic look at the writer, Stokes guides the reader through the milestones of Mishima's meteoric and eclectic career and delves into the artist's major works and themes. This biography skillfully and compassionately illuminates the achievements and disquieting ideas of a brilliant and deeply troubled man, an artist of whom Nobel Laureate Yasunari Kawabata had said, 'A writer of Mishima's caliber comes along only once every two or three hundred years.'
