The Sound of Waves (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Yukio Mishima
- First Published: 1954
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Idyll
- Time of Work: The 1950’s
- Genres: Long fiction, Pastoral
- Subjects: 1950’s, Love or romance, Marriage, Islands, Storms, Sea or seafaring life, Gossip, Japan or Japanese people
- Locales: Islands, Kyoto, Japan, Osaka, Japan, Okinawa, Japan, Song Island, Japan, Uta-Jima, Japan
Places Discussed
Uta-jima (ew-tah-jee-muh). Japanese island, whose name translates as “Song Island,” that provides the novel’s central setting. With a coastline of less than three miles, the tiny island is located near the Gulf of Ise, which opens into the Pacific Ocean. The island is rocky, wooded, and not good for agriculture. Its residents’ lives are shaped by the patterns of the sea: fishing, shipping, weather, and waves. Most of the islanders are involved in fishing for octopus and squid or diving for abalone, pearls, or seaweed.
Yukio Mishima describes the...
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