The Decay of the Angel: The Sea of Fertility, 4 - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Yukio Mishima, Edward G. SeidenstickerSeries:Sea of FertilityPublish date:1990-04-14Pages:256
Languages:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780679722434ISBN-10:679722432UPC:9780679722434Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Classics, HistoricalSize:8.02 x 5.23 x 0.66 inchesWeight:0.48Product ID:SCG8A8BDHZ
The final installment of the masterful tetralogy, The Sea of Fertility, finds Shigekuni Honda an elderly wealthy man in the 1960s, adopting a teenage orphan whom he is convinced is the reincarnation of his childhood friend. - "One of the best final scenes in the history of the novel." --David Mitchell, The New York Times Book Review
Honda, now an aged and wealthy man, once more encounters a person he believes to be a reincarnation of his friend, Kiyoaki Matsugae--this time restored to life as a teenage orphan, Tōru. Adopting the boy as his heir, Honda quickly finds that Tōru is a force to be reckoned with. The final novel of this celebrated tetralogy weaves together the dominant themes of the previous three novels in the series: the decay of Japan's courtly tradition; the essence and value of Buddhist philosophy and aesthetics; and, underlying all, Mishima's apocalyptic vision of the modern era.
Honda, now an aged and wealthy man, once more encounters a person he believes to be a reincarnation of his friend, Kiyoaki Matsugae--this time restored to life as a teenage orphan, Tōru. Adopting the boy as his heir, Honda quickly finds that Tōru is a force to be reckoned with. The final novel of this celebrated tetralogy weaves together the dominant themes of the previous three novels in the series: the decay of Japan's courtly tradition; the essence and value of Buddhist philosophy and aesthetics; and, underlying all, Mishima's apocalyptic vision of the modern era.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780679722434ISBN-10:679722432UPC:9780679722434Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Classics, HistoricalSize:8.02 x 5.23 x 0.66 inchesWeight:0.48Product ID:SCG8A8BDHZ
YUKIO MISHIMA was born in Tokyo in 1925. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University's School of Jurisprudence in 1947. His first published book, The Forest in Full Bloom, appeared in 1944 and he established himself as a major author with Confessions of a Mask (1949). From then until his death he continued to publish novels, short stories, and plays each year. His crowning achievement, The Sea of Fertility tetralogy--which contains the novels Spring Snow (1969), Runaway Horses (1969), The Temple of Dawn (1970), and The Decay of the Angel (1971)--is considered one of the definitive works of twentieth century Japanese fiction. In 1970, at the age of 45 and the day after completing the last novel in the Fertility series, Mishima committed seppuku (ritual suicide)--a spectacular death that attracted worldwide attention.
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