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Spring Snow : The Sea of Fertility, 1 by Yukio Mishima (1990, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100679722416
ISBN-139780679722410
eBay Product ID (ePID)1096440
Product Key Features
Book TitleSpring Snow : the Sea of Fertility, 1
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1990
TopicClassics, General, Literary, Historical
GenreFiction
AuthorYukio Mishima
Book SeriesVintage International Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight10 oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN89-040565
Reviews"Mishima is like Stendhal in his precise psychological analyses, like Dostoevsky in his explorations of darkly destructive personalities." -- Christian Science Monitor "[The Sea of Fertility] is a literary legacy on the scale of Proust's." -- National Review Translated from the Japanese by Michael Gallagher, "Perfect beauty. . . . A classic of Japanese literature." - Chicago Sun-Times "Mishima was one of literature's great romantics, a tragedian with a heroic sensibility, an intellectual, an esthete, a man steeped in Western letters who toward the end of his life became a militant Japanese nationalist." -Jay McInerney, The New York Times, "Perfect beauty. . . . A classic of Japanese literature." -- Chicago Sun-Times "Mishima was one of literature's great romantics, a tragedian with a heroic sensibility, an intellectual, an esthete, a man steeped in Western letters who toward the end of his life became a militant Japanese nationalist." --Jay McInerney, The New York Times, "Perfect beauty.... A classic of Japanese literature." -- Chicago Sun-Times "Mishima was one of literature's great romantics, a tragedian with a heroic sensibility, an intellectual, an esthete, a man steeped in Western letters who toward the end of his life became a militant Japanese nationalist." --Jay McInerney, The New York Times
Series Volume NumberBk. 1
SynopsisYukio Mishima's Spring Snow is the first novel in his masterful tetralogy, The Sea of Fertility. Here we meet Shigekuni Honda, who narrates this epic tale of what he believes are the successive reincarnations of his friend, Kiyoaki Matsugae. It is 1912 in Tokyo, and the hermetic world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders -- rich provincial families unburdened by tradition, whose money and vitality make them formidable contenders for social and political power. Shigekuni Honda, an aspiring lawyer and his childhood friend, Kiyoaki Matsugae, are the sons of two such families. As they come of age amidst the growing tensions between old and new, Kiyoaki is plagued by his simultaneous love for and loathing of the spirited young woman Ayakura Satoko. But Kiyoaki's true feelings only become apparent when her sudden engagement to a royal prince shows him the magnitude of his passion -- and leads to a love affair both doomed and inevitable., "A classic of Japanese literature" (Chicago Sun-Times ) and the first novel in the masterful tetralogy, The Sea of Fertility, set in 1912 Tokyo, featuring an aspiring lawyer who believes he has met the successive reincarnations of his childhood friend. It is 1912 in Tokyo, and the hermetic world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders--rich provincial families unburdened by tradition, whose money and vitality make them formidable contenders for social and political power. Shigekuni Honda, an aspiring lawyer and his childhood friend, Kiyoaki Matsugae, are the sons of two such families. As they come of age amidst the growing tensions between old and new, Kiyoaki is plagued by his simultaneous love for and loathing of the spirited young woman Ayakura Satoko. But Kiyoaki's true feelings only become apparent when her sudden engagement to a royal prince shows him the magnitude of his passion--and leads to a love affair both doomed and inevitable.
LC Classification NumberPL833.I7H3613 1990
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- 17 Dec, 2023
One of modern Japan's best novels
Modern Japanese classic, Kawabata's best I recommend Mishima's novels, too. And the thousand year old TALE OF GENJIVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 19 Dec, 2024
Well written and very interesting.
Worthwhile and fascinating book.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
