Jan 3, 2010

After the Banquet | After the Banquet

At a glance:

Author: Yukio Mishima
First Published: 1960
Type of Work: Satire
Time of Work: The late 1950’s
Setting: Tokyo, Japan
Principal Characters: Kazu Fukuzawa, Yuken Noguchi, Soichi Yamazaki, Genki Nagayama
Genres: Long fiction, Satire
Subjects: 1950’s, Politics, Marriage, Restaurants, bars, taverns, or pubs, Elections, Politicians, Japan or Japanese people
Locales: Tokyo, Japan

The Novel

After the Banquet is a political and social satire. Yuken Noguchi, the elderly politician in the novel, was based on an actual public figure, while the central character of interest in the narrative is Kazu Fukuzawa, the middle-aged proprietress of the Setsugoan restaurant, which was based on the famous Hannya-en restaurant in Tokyo. Although the work is written in the third person and the story is often told in a tongue-in-cheek style, the focus is on Kazu, who is treated more sympathetically than her elderly lover-statesman.

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After the Banquet | After the Banquet

At a glance:

The Novel

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