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Runaway Horses
Yukio Mishima
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Description for Runaway Horses
Paperback. Isao is a young, engaging patriot, and a fanatical believer in the ancient samurai ethos. He turns terrorist, organising a violent plot against the new industrialists, who he believes are threatening the integrity of Japan and usurping the Emperor's rightful power. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 310.
The second book in Mishima's Sea of Fertility tetraology - this is a story of political violence, traditional samurai values and nihilism.
Isao is a young, engaging patriot, and a fanatical believer in the ancient samurai ethos. He turns terrorist, organising a violent plot against the new industrialists, who he believes are threatening the integrity of Japan and usurping the Emperor's rightful power. As the conspiracy unfolds and unravels, Mishima brilliantly chronicles the conflicts of a decade that saw the fabric of Japanese life torn apart.
'Runaway Horses is disturbing material, also a harbinger of Mishima's own act ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099282891
SKU
V9780099282891
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About Yukio Mishima
Yukio Mishima was born into a samurai family and imbued with the code of complete control over mind and body, and loyalty to the Emperor - the same code that produced the austerity and self-sacrifice of Zen. He wrote countless stories and thirty-three plays, in some of which he performed. Several films have been made from his novels, including The ... Read more
Reviews for Runaway Horses
In Runaway Horses Mishima writes of a desire to destroy or subvert beauty at its height, thus strengthening its appeal and preventing its slow decay
New York Times
One of the great writers of the twentieth century
Los Angeles Times
Mishima's novels exude a monstrous and compulsive weirdness, and seem to take place in a kind ... Read more
New York Times
One of the great writers of the twentieth century
Los Angeles Times
Mishima's novels exude a monstrous and compulsive weirdness, and seem to take place in a kind ... Read more