Mishima, Yukio (Vol. 2) - Mishima Yukio 1925–1970
Mishima Yukio 1925–1970
Pseudonym of Hiraoka Kimitake. A Japanese novelist, short story writer, and dramatist, Mishima was the author of Confessions of a Mask, The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, and the tetralogy The Sea of Fertility upon completion of which he committed ritual suicide. (See also Contemporary Authors, obituary, Vols. 29-32.)
The novels of Yukio Mishima are rich, complex structures in which character and action, idea and image intimately coalesce. Thus, the temptation to say something about each of these elements is very great. These facts of fiction and their unity point up the skill of the writer and, more importantly, the Weltanschauung which is key to both their harmony and their meaning. Three of Mishima's novels in English translation [Confessions of a Mask, The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, and The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea] are related in this respect. They share world...
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