Frolic of the Beasts (Mishima Yukio)(Paperback / softback)

Frolic of the Beasts (Mishima Yukio)(Paperback / softback)

The gripping story of an affair gone horribly wrong, from one of Japan's greatest twentieth-century writersKoji, a young student, has fallen hopelessly in love with the beautiful, enigmatic Yuko. But she is married to the literary critic and serial philanderer Ippei. Tormented by desire and anger,

Confessions of a Mask (Mishima Yukio)(Paperback / softback)

Life for Sale (Mishima Yukio)(Paperback / softback)

When Hanio Yamada realises the future holds little of worth to him, he puts his life for sale in a Tokyo newspaper, thus unleashing a series of unimaginable exploits. A world of murderous mobsters, hidden cameras, a vampire woman, poisoned carrots, code-breaking, a hopeless junkie heiress and

Forbidden Colours (Mishima Yukio)(Paperback / softback)

Written when Mishima was only twentysix, Forbidden Colors is a depiction of a male homosexual relationship, in which a rich older man buys the love of a young man who is stunningly handsome but who lacks the ability to love. As in Mann's Death in Venice, the older man's longing for the beauty of

The Life and Death of Yukio Mishima (Stokes Henry Scott)(Paperback)

Novelist, playwright, film actor, martial artist, and political commentator, Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) was arguably the most famous person in Japan at the time of his death. Henry Scott Stokes, one of Mishima's closest friends, was the only non-Japanese allowed to attend the trial of the men

Decay of the Angel (Mishima Yukio)(Paperback / softback)

The dramatic climax of The Sea of Fertility tetraology takes place in the late 1960s. Honda, now an aged and wealthy man, discovers and adopts a sixteen-year-old orphan, Toru, as his heir, identifying him with the tragic protagonists of the three previous novels, each of whom died at the age of

Mishima: A Biography (Nathan John)(Paperback)

At forty-five, Yukio Mishima was the outstanding Japanese writer of his generation, celebrated both at home and abroad for The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea. In 1970 he startled the world by stepping out onto a balcony in Tokyo before an assembly of troops and plunging a sword into his

Temple Of The Golden Pavilion (Mishima Yukio)(Paperback / softback)

Because of the boyhood trauma of seeing his mother make love to another man in the presence of his dying father, Mizoguchi becomes a hopeless stutterer. Taunted by his schoolmates, he feels utterly alone untill he becomes an acolyte at a famous temple in Kyoto, where he develops an all-consuming

Death in Midsummer: And Other Stories (Mishima Yukio)(Paperback)

Nine of Yukio Mishima's finest stories were selected by Mishima himself for translation in this book; they represent his extraordinary ability to depict a wide variety of human beings in moments of significance. Often his characters are sophisticated modern Japanese who turn out to be not so

Sound of Waves (Mishima Yukio)(Paperback / softback)

Set in a remote fishing village in Japan, The Sound of Waves is a timeless story of first love. It tells of Shinji, a young fisherman and Hatsue, the beautiful daughter of the wealthiest man in the village. Shinji is entranced at the sight of Hatsue in the twilight on the beach and they fall in

Thirst for Love (Mishima Yukio)(Paperback / softback)

After the early death of her philandering husband, Etsuko moves into her father-in-law's house, where she numbly submits to the old man's advances. But soon she finds herself in love with the young servant Saburo. Tormented by his indifference, yet invigorated by her desire, she makes her move,

Patriotism (Mishima Yukio)(Paperback)

By now, Yukio Mishima's (1925-1970) dramatic demise through an act of seppuku after an inflammatory public speech has become the stuff of literary legend. With Patriotism, Mishima was able to give his heartwrenching patriotic idealism an immortal vessel. A lieutenant in the Japanese army comes home

Sailor Who Fell from Grace With the Sea - Vintage Classics Japanese Series (Mishima Yukio)(Paperback / softback)

VINTAGE JAPANESE CLASSICS - five masterpieces of Japanese fiction in gorgeous new gift editions. A band of savage thirteen-year-old boys reject the adult world as illusory, hypocritical, and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness they call 'objectivity'. When the mother of one

Confessions of a Mask (Mishima Yukio)(Paperback)

Confessions of a Mask tells the story of Kochan, an adolescent boy tormented by his burgeoning attraction to men: he wants to be 'normal.' Kochan is meek-bodied, and unable to participate in the more athletic activities of his classmates. He begins to notice his growing attraction to some of the

Temple Of Dawn (Mishima Yukio)(Paperback / softback)

Honda, a brilliant lawyer and man of reason, is called to Bangkok on legal business, where he is granted an audience with a young Thai princess - an encounter that radically alters the course of his

Runaway Horses: The Sea of Fertility, 2 (Mishima Yukio)(Paperback)

The second novel in the masterful tetralogy, The Sea of Fertility--and 'a modern masterpiece' (The Baltimore Sun)--narrated by a judge in Osaka who believes he has met the successive reincarnation of his childhood friend Kiyoaki Matsugae. In 1932, Shigeuki Honda has become a judge in Osaka

Runaway Horses (Mishima Yukio)(Paperback / softback)

Isao is a young, engaging patriot, and a fanatical believer in the ancient samurai ethos. He turns terrorist, organising a violent plot against the new industrialists, who he believes are threatening the integrity of Japan and usurping the Emperor's rightful

After the Banquet (Mishima Yukio)(Paperback)

For years Kazu has run her fashionable restaurant with a combination of charm and shrewdness. But when the she falls in love with one of her clients, an aristocratic retired politician, she renounces her business in order to become his

The Sound of Waves (Mishima Yukio)(Paperback)

A timeless story of first love set in a remote fishing village in Japan. - 'A story that is both happy and a work of art.... Altogether a joyous and lovely thing.' --The New York Times A young fisherman is entranced at the sight of the beautiful daughter of the wealthiest man in the village. They

Five Modern No Plays (Mishima Yukio)(Paperback)

Five No plays--one of the great art forms that has fascinated people throughout the world--from one of Japan's outstanding post-war writers. - 'Mishima's is a wonderful, astonishing, and frightening creative energy.' --The New York Times MagazineThe late Yukio Mishima infused new life into the form

Spring Snow (Mishima Yukio)(Paperback / softback)

Tokyo, 1912. The closed world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders - rich provincial familes, a new and powerful political and social elite. Kiyoaki has been raised among the elegant Ayakura family - members of the waning aristocracy - but he is not one of

Beautiful Star - Yukio Mishima

Beautiful Star is a 1962 tale of family, love, nuclear war and UFOs, and was considered by Mishima to be one of his very best books.Translated into English for the first time, this atmospheric black comedy tells the story of the Osugi family, who come to the sudden realization that each of them

Faber Book of Beasts(Paperback / softback)

The Faber Book of Beasts is a collection of many of the best poems in English about the creatures who share our

Some Cannot Be Caught - The Emma Press Book of Beasts(Paperback / softback)