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Description for Patriotism
Paperback. Translator(s): Sargent, Geoffrey W. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 116 x 7. Weight in Grams: 60.
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 to his wife and informs her that his closest friends have become mutineers. He and his beautiful loyal wife decide to end their lives together. In unwavering detail Mishima describes Shinji and Reiko making love for the last time and the couple’s seppuku that follows.
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 to his wife and informs her that his closest friends have become mutineers. He and his beautiful loyal wife decide to end their lives together. In unwavering detail Mishima describes Shinji and Reiko making love for the last time and the couple’s seppuku that follows.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
57
Condition
New
Number of Pages
60
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780811218542
SKU
V9780811218542
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99-24
About Yukio Mishima
Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) completed his first novel the year he entered the University of Tokyo and his last novel the day of his death. He is the author of numerous novels, stories, plays, and essays. Gore Vidal once said of him: “I only regret we never met, for friends found him a good companion, a fine drinking partner, and fun ... Read more
Reviews for Patriotism
"The violence we are facing with such difficulty in our daily lives, he gives us simply in all its subcutaneous horror and myth."
Hortense Calisher - The New York Times Book Review "A direct yet lyrical style devoted entirely to bringing out the elevated emotions of its two characters."
Trevor Berrett - The Mookse and the Gripes
Hortense Calisher - The New York Times Book Review "A direct yet lyrical style devoted entirely to bringing out the elevated emotions of its two characters."
Trevor Berrett - The Mookse and the Gripes