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Mishima's poetically gruesome account of a couple's last few hours before they commit Seppuku - a ritualistic form of suicide via disembowelment and decapitation, and an act that Mishima himself would do 10 years later. One of his most traumatizingly explicit yet warm pieces.
All of Yukio Mishima's works seem to gravitate toward a common singularity but through vastly different mediums. The ideas of heroic death on a battlefield, twisted vignettes of love, and obedience toward Japan's traditional ...more
All of Yukio Mishima's works seem to gravitate toward a common singularity but through vastly different mediums. The ideas of heroic death on a battlefield, twisted vignettes of love, and obedience toward Japan's traditional ...more
The prose is fantastically beautiful. This short gem is quintessentially Mishima. Only he can make a couples' last night together divine. Although highly graphic and obscene, I highly recommend it!
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Feb 22, 2014
Jair Avilés
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Killer of Dreams
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