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Mishima Books
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The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.83 — 54,777 ratings — published 1963
Confessions of a Mask (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.95 — 40,916 ratings — published 1949
Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as mishima)
avg rating 4.16 — 24,050 ratings — published 1967
The Sound of Waves (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.77 — 24,813 ratings — published 1954
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.97 — 25,794 ratings — published 1956
Runaway Horses (The Sea of Fertility, #2)
by (shelved 39 times as mishima)
avg rating 4.23 — 9,299 ratings — published 1969
The Temple of Dawn (The Sea of Fertility, #3)
by (shelved 36 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.80 — 5,985 ratings — published 1970
The Decay of the Angel (The Sea of Fertility, #4)
by (shelved 36 times as mishima)
avg rating 4.13 — 5,607 ratings — published 1970
Thirst for Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.63 — 7,695 ratings — published 1950
Life for Sale (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.70 — 15,813 ratings — published 1968
Death in Midsummer and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.98 — 6,741 ratings — published 1966
After the Banquet (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,422 ratings — published 1960
Sun & Steel (Paperback, Paper Dust Jacket)
by (shelved 25 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.82 — 9,457 ratings — published 1968
Forbidden Colors (Vintage International)
by (shelved 23 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.92 — 5,035 ratings — published 1951
Patriotism (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as mishima)
avg rating 4.11 — 4,843 ratings — published 1961
Acts of Worship: Seven Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,195 ratings — published 1965
The Way of the Samurai (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,055 ratings — published 1967
Five Modern No Plays (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as mishima)
avg rating 4.10 — 713 ratings — published 1950
The Life and Death of Yukio Mishima (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.89 — 717 ratings — published 1974
Beautiful Star (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.17 — 2,439 ratings — published 1962
The Frolic of the Beasts (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.51 — 2,898 ratings — published 1961
La scuola della carne (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.48 — 1,691 ratings — published 1963
Mishima ou La vision du vide (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.68 — 869 ratings — published 1981
Mishima: A Biography (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as mishima)
avg rating 4.02 — 621 ratings — published 1974
Correspondance (Pocket Book)
by (shelved 6 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.78 — 402 ratings — published 1997
Los años verdes (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.59 — 422 ratings — published 1950
Madame de Sade (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.77 — 735 ratings — published 1965
Silk and Insight: A Novel (Studies of the Pacific Basin Institute)
by (shelved 4 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.47 — 79 ratings — published 1987
Persona: A Biography of Yukio Mishima (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as mishima)
avg rating 4.17 — 76 ratings — published 2012
![薔薇刑 [Ba-ra-kei: Ordeal by Roses]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1312038063l/162769._SX50_.jpg)
薔薇刑 [Ba-ra-kei: Ordeal by Roses] (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as mishima)
avg rating 4.38 — 97 ratings — published 1971
My Friend Hitler and Other Plays of Yukio Mishima (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.83 — 334 ratings — published 1968
La casa de Kyoko (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.86 — 221 ratings — published 1964
Mishima o el placer de morir (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mishima)
avg rating 4.05 — 95 ratings — published 1978
Dojoji et autres nouvelles (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.63 — 532 ratings — published 2002
Vestidos de noche (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.67 — 369 ratings — published 1966
The Boy Who Wrote Poetry (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.91 — 45 ratings — published 1954
Martyre précédé de Ken (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.63 — 254 ratings — published 1948
The Sea of Fertility (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mishima)
avg rating 4.45 — 646 ratings — published 1970
Voices of the Fallen Heroes and Other Stories (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.86 — 330 ratings — published 2025
One Hundred Leaves: A new annotated translation of the Hyakunin Isshu (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mishima)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,149 ratings — published 1235
Mishima on Stage: The Black Lizard and Other Plays (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mishima)
avg rating 4.03 — 30 ratings — published 2000
O dimineață de iubire pură (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.54 — 226 ratings — published 1965
In punta di penna (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.60 — 141 ratings — published 1968
The Death of a Man (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mishima)
avg rating 4.50 — 30 ratings — published
Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mishima)
avg rating 4.00 — 16,953 ratings — published 1716
Bushido: The Soul of Japan (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.83 — 10,509 ratings — published 1899
Una stanza chiusa a chiave (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.37 — 181 ratings — published 1954
The Seven Bridges (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 2 times as mishima)
avg rating 3.45 — 31 ratings — published 1953
“Specifically, I cherished a romantic impulse towards death, yet at the same time I
required a strictly classical body as its vehicle; a peculiar sense of destiny made me
believe that the reason why my romantic impulse towards death remained unfulfilled
in reality was the immensely simple fact that I lacked the necessary physical qualifications.
A powerful, tragic frame and sculpturesque muscles were indispensable in
a romantically noble death. Any confrontation between weak, flabby flesh and death
seemed to me absurdly inappropriate. Longing at eighteen for an early demise, I felt
myself unfitted for it. I lacked, in short, the muscles suitable for a dramatic death.
And it deeply offended my romantic pride that it should be this unsuitability that
had permitted me to survive the war.”
― Sun & Steel
required a strictly classical body as its vehicle; a peculiar sense of destiny made me
believe that the reason why my romantic impulse towards death remained unfulfilled
in reality was the immensely simple fact that I lacked the necessary physical qualifications.
A powerful, tragic frame and sculpturesque muscles were indispensable in
a romantically noble death. Any confrontation between weak, flabby flesh and death
seemed to me absurdly inappropriate. Longing at eighteen for an early demise, I felt
myself unfitted for it. I lacked, in short, the muscles suitable for a dramatic death.
And it deeply offended my romantic pride that it should be this unsuitability that
had permitted me to survive the war.”
― Sun & Steel
“I want to make a poem of my life.”
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