Runaway Horses

Informationen zum Autor Yukio Mishima was born into a samurai family and imbued with the code of complete control over mind and body, and loyalty to the Emperor – the same code that produced the austerity and self-sacrifice of Zen. He wrote countless short stories and thirty-three plays, in some of which he acted. Several films have been made from his novels, including The Sound of Waves; Enjo, which was based on T he Temple of the Golden Pavilion ; and The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea . Among his other works are the novels Confessions of a Mask and Thirst For Love and the short-story collections Death in Midsummer and Acts of Worship . The Sea of Fertility tetralogy , however, is his masterpiece. After Mishima conceived the idea of The Sea of Fertility in 1964, he frequently said he would die when it was completed. On November 25th, 1970, the day he completed The Decay of the Angel , the last novel of the cycle, Mishima committed seppuku (ritual suicide) at the age of forty-five. Klappentext Isao is a young, engaging patriot, and a fanatical believer in the ancient samurai ethos. He turns terrorist, organising a violent plot against the new industrialists, who he believes are threatening the integrity of Japan and usurping the Emperor's rightful power. Zusammenfassung Isao is a young, engaging patriot, and a fanatical believer in the ancient samurai ethos. He turns terrorist, organising a violent plot against the new industrialists, who he believes are threatening the integrity of Japan and usurping the Emperor's rightful power.

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In Runaway Horses Mishima writes of a desire to destroy or subvert beauty at its height, thus strengthening its appeal and preventing its slow decay New York Times

Product details

• Authors: Yukio Mishima
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.03.1999
• EAN: 9780099282891
• ISBN: 978-0-09-928289-1
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 27 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Japan, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Political, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, Fiction in translation, Narrative theme: Politics, c 1930 to c 1939, Modern and contemporary fiction, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), c 1870 to c 1879, FICTION / World Literature / Japan, Classic fiction: general and literary, Metaphysical / philosophical fiction