/lit/ - Literature

>>3819321

dash those hopes son. half way through it, long periods of utter tedium punctured by the odd flash of brilliance, but not enough to make up for the rest.

>>3545209

>>3470774
Right back at you, son.

Sup /lit/...
What do you guys think about Yukio Mishima? I'm almost done with The sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea. I've found it to be a really awesome read so far. I have copies of Sun and Steel and the Sea of Fertility cycle. Anyone read a lot of Mishima? I've heard people compare Sea of Fertility to Proust, who I have not tackled yet, but He's well respected in literary snob circles...
Pic Related, it's his severed head! (Wheeeeeeeeeee!)

ITT we post pics of our favorite authors severed heads! Oh...wait...your favorite author died in a hospital alone and sick? Haha, well, nevermind then.

Mishima staged a coup, held an opposing commandant hostage, finished his last book, then committed seppuku, all within a week.
after he sliced his gut open, one of his freinds was supposed to cut his head off, but failed after a few tries. then someone else had to do it.

Here's another pick to help you guess

>>731199

Mishima was a nationalist asshole. Most Japanese are over it, but he felt obliged to protest that fact by having his head cut off.