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Your favorite book by Yukio Mishima?

>> No.16249159

Sun and Steel for philosophy and way of life and Spring Snow for all other categories

>> No.16249175

>>16249159
Really nice. Wish Sun and Steel didn't cost an arm and a leg.

>> No.16249230

>>16249175
I found it online for free. Not gonna pay that much for a book if it ain't even going to go to the author

>> No.16249231

most fascist is bad, some is awful though. I watched a film about this guy a life in four acts he got toasted at the end

>> No.16249279

>>16249148
Forbidden Colours is beautiful and inspired me to pick up writing seriously again

>> No.16249340

dont read nip books

>> No.16249654

>>16249148
I don't read books by homosexuals.

>> No.16249665

>>16249654
Good luck getting anything published if you're forever constrained to only writing first drafts.

>> No.16249828

>>16249148
I only read Chinese authors

>> No.16249868

Infinite Jest

>> No.16249920

>>16249148
his whole adult life was a work of performance art.

>> No.16249986

>>16249665
Absolutely based

>> No.16250021

>>16249279
He wasn't gay. He had a wife and children. Homosexuality was just a taboo subject in Japan at that time so he used this to his advantage.

>> No.16250238

>>16249175
https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/yukio-mishima/sun-steel/paperback/product-1rzj5dgk.html

>> No.16250390

>>16250021
I suggest that you read Confessions of a Mask.

>> No.16250407

>>16249159
Spring Snow? I thought it was the weakest part of Sea of Fertily.

Runaway Horses was the strongest, and the best in my opinion. It's a rather obvious answer, but that's life. I do want to read Kyoko's House still though.

>> No.16250416

>>16250407
Spring Snow meanders in the beginning but the ending is great.

>> No.16250425

>>16250238
Thanks fren.

>> No.16250435

I used to dislike him but sound of waves is too confy. Confession of a mask was cool. Sun and steel is way overrated. I started golden pavillion a couple of times and never finished it, I have to read it from cover to cover.

>> No.16250475

Sea of Fertility trilogy is absolutely stunning, some of his best work.

Death in Midsummer is an excellent collection of short stories.

His plays are interesting too. Check out "my friend Hitler" and "Madame de Sade" - I'd kill to see these performed live.

>> No.16250522

>>16250238
do you own this copy? is it like custom printed or something?

>> No.16250537

I've only read the Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea. Jesus fuck what was that all about

>> No.16250790

>>16250537
the post-war japans embrace of western modernism and rejection of tradional japan

>> No.16250854

>>16250021
He picked up dudes in gay bars and fucked them.
Homophobic cultures push plenty of gay men into heterosexual marriages complete with kids.

>> No.16250890

>>16250537
Just finished it a few hours ago as my intro to Mishima.
I can tell it’ll be sitting in my head for quite a while. Is it normal to be more upset about Ryuji’s returning longing for the sea and glory, the oncoming existence of regret for choosing to marry the land, than his impending death and dismemberment?
I also liked that we never found the original crime Noboru got caught doing, the one that his mother started locking his door for at the very beginning of the story.
Man, I just want to die a glorious death, this felt almost Hemingway-esque in how it struck a deep, emotional cord that women will never comprehend.