Alicia's review
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (Vintage Classics)
by Yukio Mishima
Alicia's review
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (Vintage Classics) by Yukio Mishima
Alicia's review
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I absolutely loved this book! It was dark, and deep and haunting and caught you up in the unpredictability of his narrative. This book was my introduction to Japanese literature, and I have loved everything else I've read by Mishima, and reveled in the disturbing thread in all of his narratives. This book helped me understand Japanese culture, and how it has been shaped or warped by the atomic bomb and years of war. This is an Asian Lord of the Flies, in a way, and a beautifully written book on survival and life. My uncle gave this to me to read and I will always remember him for it.
