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Title: Death in Midsummer: And Other Stories by Yukio Mishima ISBN: 0-8112-0117-1 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: 01 June, 1966 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: His talent
Comment: Yukio Mishima was many things in his life; an author was only one of them. In general, I have more respect for him as a personality than I do for his individual books. I could go on all day about the man himself, but my praise of this or that novel is usually conditional, and when I find myself thinking of books to re-read just for enjoyment's sake, he usually isn't near the top of my list. I think that these stories are some of his highest-quality work, though, and I can recommend them without any reservations, not just to enthusiasts of Japanese culture or the sort of magnificently sick aesthetic that Mishima represents. The title story, although as coldly inhuman as much of Mishima's work, still seems pyschologically accurate. The second story, Three Thousand Yen, is disarmingly and uncharacteristically sweet, but tempered by a more characteristic ending. Patriotism is probably the standout of this standout, with flawless prose, again backing Mishima's vision with a realistic setting. 'Pearl' is clever, and 'Onegata' is another very polished story, a good candidate for anthologization. 'Swaddling Clothes' is a personal favorite, wickedly barbed and haunting. The greatest strength of this collection is that Mishima never seems to be repeating himself - he explores his central themes from different angles, in a variety of styles, and provides something of outstanding artistic merit.
Rating: 5
Summary: mishima at his best
Comment: this personally selected collection of short stories shows mishima at his best. from a surreal no play to gentle stories of mourning and loss, this is all great stuff which translated beautifully. my only reservation would be the story "patriotism", which details the ritual suicide of a young couple- ick. compelling, but not for the weak stomached.
Rating: 5
Summary: Piercing Clarity
Comment: Mishima writes with amazing clarity of thought. His sentences are among the clearest I have ever read. I feel at a loss of words, a "poverty of emotion," as Mishima might call it, in trying to write about Death in Midsummer. The only thing I can say - to even try to do him and his book justice - is READ IT!!!
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Title: Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility) by Yukio Mishima ISBN: 0679722416 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Runaway Horses (Sea of Fertility) by Yukio Mishima, Michael Gallagher ISBN: 0679722408 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Confessions of a Mask (New Directions Paperbook) by Yukio Mishima ISBN: 081120118X Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: 01 June, 1958 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Acts of Worship: Seven Stories by Yukio Mishima, John Bester ISBN: 4770028938 Publisher: Kodansha International (JPN) Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: The Temple of Dawn (The Sea of Fertility, 3) by Yukio Mishima ISBN: 0679722424 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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