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Mishima: A Vision of the Void

Mishima: A Vision of the Void

Donald Richie
3.9/5 ( ratings)
On November 25, 1970, Japan's most renowned postwar novelist, Yukio Mishima, stunned the world by committing ritual suicide. Here, Marguerite Yourcenar, a brilliant reader of Mishima and a scholar with an eye for the cultural roles of fiction, unravels the author's life and politics: his affection for Western culture, his family and his homosexuality, his brilliant writings, and his carefully premeditated death.
Language
English
Pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Release
September 01, 2001
ISBN
0226965325
ISBN 13
9780226965321

Mishima: A Vision of the Void

Donald Richie
3.9/5 ( ratings)
On November 25, 1970, Japan's most renowned postwar novelist, Yukio Mishima, stunned the world by committing ritual suicide. Here, Marguerite Yourcenar, a brilliant reader of Mishima and a scholar with an eye for the cultural roles of fiction, unravels the author's life and politics: his affection for Western culture, his family and his homosexuality, his brilliant writings, and his carefully premeditated death.
Language
English
Pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Release
September 01, 2001
ISBN
0226965325
ISBN 13
9780226965321

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