Death in Midsummer
$23.39
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
6 August 2024
Summary
Ten tales of loss and longing, from one of Japan’s greatest writers.
Bringing together Yukio Mishima’s finest stories, this selection shows his extraordinary ability to depict a wide variety of human beings in moments of significance. A moonlit journey to fulfil a wish; a mother lost in mourning; a night of infidelity; and a young lieutenant who ends his life. Filled with rich description and luxurious beauty, these hauntingly beautiful short stories from one of Japan’s greatest write…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241678947 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241678943 |
| Author: | Yukio Mishima |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 6 August 2024 |
| Weight: | 152g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 13mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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About The Author
Yukio Mishima
Yukio Mishima was born in 1925 in Tokyo, and is considered one of Japan’s most important writers. His books broke social boundaries and taboos at a time when Japan found itself in a state of rapid social change. His interests, besides writing, included body-building, acting and practising as a Samurai. In 1970 he attempted to start a military coup, which failed. Upon realizing this, Mishima performed seppuku, a ritual suicide, upon himself. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature three times.
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