/lit/ - Literature

japanese

>>17120824
>>Which is his best work?
his work with photographer Eikoh Hosoe

I've read the sailor who fell from grace with the sea, confessions of a mask and I'm reading sun and steel right now.

Sailor was my first book by him and i didn't get it at all. I feel a bit small brained but I didn't get the point of the story and I disliked it despite liking the prose and the book in general. When I read about it and it's meaning more I changed my mind a bit.

Confessions is my favorite and one of my favorite books ever. If you like books like no longer human and have a feeling of not belonging or feeling different from other people I don't see how you can't love this book.

Reading sun and steel now and I feel like this one is going over my head also. I usually read fiction so I am not used to a full book of just disquisition on something, but even then I think only Mishima himself can understand some of his own concepts. Like, I get the basic message and I am still enjoying it for giving me a close into his definitely interesting character, but a lot of the more subtle intricacies are escaping me for sure.

The Sea of Fertility tetralogy is his magnum opus. The first two books are the best in the series.

>>17120824

>>17120898
>If you like books like no longer human
what if that's the book that propelled you into one of the worst periods of depression you ever had

>>17120973
You can't let books do that to you bro. Personally, reading about people suffering similar struggles to mine makes me feel better. It makes me feel understood and like I am not actually alone because other people go through the same problems (well not exactly the same, but very similar).

Has anyone read "Madam De Sade" or whatever, is it good/twisted?

Can I hop into The Sea of Fertility tetralogy without any prior reading of his work?