Fountains in the Rain | Akio's Efforts to Prove His Self-Control
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Yukio Mishima became a rising star in the Japanese literary field when he was only in his mid-twenties, and he remains today one of that country’s most internationally renowned contemporary writers. Susan J. Napier writes in the Dictionary of Literary Biography that Mishima is a ‘‘writer who has helped mold the Western imagination of Japan at the same time as one who continues to haunt the contemporary Japanese mind.’’ Aside from his numerous writings, Mishima achieved notoriety for his ritual suicide, performed while still at the pinnacle of his career.
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