Юкио Мисима — библиография

Немолодая, роскошная, независимая и непосредственная Кадзу, хозяйка ресторана, куда ходят политики-консерваторы, влюбляется в стареющего бывшего дипломата Ногути, утонченного сторонника реформ, и становится его женой. Что может пойти не так? Если бывший дипломат возвращается в политику, вняв призывам не самой популярной партии, — примерно все. Неразборчивость в…

«Дом Кёко» — история четырех молодых людей, завсегдатаев салона (или прихожан храма), в котором царит хозяйка (или жрица) Кёко. Эти четверо — четыре грани самого автора: тонко чувствующий невинный художник; энергичный боксер, помешанный на спорте; невостребованный актер-нарцисс, завороженный своей красотой; и бизнесмен, который, притворяясь карьеристом, исповедует…

The gripping story of an affair gone horribly wrong, from one of Japan's greatest twentieth-century writers Koji, a young student, has fallen hopelessly in love with the beautiful, enigmatic Yuko. But she is married to the literary critic and serial philanderer Ippei. Tormented by desire and anger, Koji is driven to an act of violence that will bind this strange,…

The second novel in Mishima's masterful Sea of Fertility tetraology Read this classic exploration of political violence, traditional samurai values and right wing 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…

'Life for sale. Use me as you wish. I am a twenty-seven-year-old male. Discretion guaranteed. Will cause no bother at all.' When Hanio Yamada realises the future holds little of worth to him, he puts his life for sale in a Tokyo newspaper, thus unleashing a series of unimaginable exploits. A world of murderous mobsters, hidden cameras, a vampire woman, poisoned…

An acute psychological portrait of a marriage where lofty traditions clash with appetite and ambition For years Kazu has run her fashionable restaurant with a combination of charm and shrewdness. But when the she falls in love with one of her clients, an aristocratic retired politician, she renounces her business in order to become his wife. But it is not so easy…

Because of the boyhood trauma of seeing his mother make love to another man in the presence of his dying father, Mizoguchi becomes a hopeless stutterer. Taunted by his schoolmates, he feels utterly alone untill he becomes an acolyte at a famous temple in Kyoto, where he develops an all-consuming obsession with the temple's beauty. This powerful story of dedication…