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I thought the last chapter was absolutely perfect

What Mishima book do i read next?

>> No.17681881

Ask PDP

>> No.17681947
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>>17681844

>> No.17683463

>>17681844
sailor who fell from grace with the sea probably or temple of the golden pavilion as the other anon posted, I recently finished life for sale which was a fun read but pretty different from confessions of a mask, you could also try some of the short stories

>> No.17683551

>>17683463
>>17681844

these 2 books are like reading the diary of a terrorist. you can relate to the main character of golden pavilion but sailor who fell from grace is absolutely perverse, made me feel dirty. I was reading that on vacations 4 years ago, when my family asked me what the book was about they looked at me as if I was a sick fuck for reading that.

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>> No.17684510

>>17681844
Frolic of the Beasts was hot

>> No.17684687

>>17684270
Examples

>> No.17684762

>>17681844
great title

>> No.17684784

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion is among his best if not his absolute best. I suggest you get into that book first.

>> No.17684888
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Temple of the Golden Pavilion is in the vein of Notes From Underground, read that. I found it unapproachable, tbqh Lot of references to Buddhism and Mishima's morbid metaphysics, more so than in his other works. Also, it's disturbing as fuck. Distilled evil.

>>17684270
>What I expected
Even the Amazon reviews say it's about someone that would nowadays be an "incel" or a school shooters. You want Patriotism or Runway Horses, but Runaway Horses will require reading Spring Snow first.

>> No.17685768

>>17684888
I read it years before anyone was using the term "incel"

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Wow

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gay

>> No.17688684

>>17688251
Hot

>> No.17688694

>>17687340
is this real?

>> No.17689079

>>17681947
does mishima really need a chart? all of his works are pretty short and if you just read them chronologically you'll have a better time.

>> No.17689421

>>17684888
I decided to pick up some of the books because of this thread. Your post made me google what Pavilion was about and the synopsis drew me in. I totally get what you mean by distilled evil now.

>> No.17689435

hated this book so much

>> No.17689500

>>17681844
Isn't Confessions of a Mask just about an angsty kid who's secretly gay? Sounds trite.

>> No.17689660

>>17681844
watch mishima a life in four chapters and read any of his other books you find interesting

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>>17689435
Circassian hands typed this

>> No.17690889

a

>> No.17690954

So was Mishima actually gay?

>> No.17692504

>>17689500
Yeah its about a gay kid who falls in “love” with a woman in wartime japan
Kino ensues

>> No.17692972

>>17681844
>cums on a chair
wow, it's perfect

>> No.17694397

Don't the works degrade in translation?