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The Decay of the Angel by Yukio Mishima (Paperback, 2001)

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Several films have been made from his novels, includingThe Sound of Waves, Enjo which was based onThe Temple of the Golden Pavilion andThe Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea. The Sea of Fertility tetralogy, however, is his masterpiece.

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As the dramatic climax of The Sea of Fertility, The Decay of the Angel brings together the dominant themes of the three previous novels- the meaning and decay of Japan's courtly tradition and samurai ideal; the essence and value of Buddhist philosophy and aesthetics; and, underlying all, Mishima's apocalyptic vision of the modern era, which saw the dissolution of the moral and cultural forces that throughout the ages nourished a people and a world.The time is the late 1960s. Honda, now an aged and wealthy man, discovers and adopts a sixteen-year-old orphan, Toru, as his heir, identifying him with the tragic protagonists of the three previous novels, each of whom died at the age of twenty. Honda raises and educates the boy, yet watches him, waiting.