Author: Mishima Yukio
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Spring snow
Kiyoaki Matsugae’s passionate and ill-fated love for the betrothed daughter of a Tokyo aristocrat brings him into disfavor at the Imperial Court.
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Runaway horses
The chronicle of a conspiracy and a novel about the roots and nature of Japanese fanaticism in the years that led to war, an era marked by depression, social change and political violence.
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The temple of dawn
A young man expends his spirit in the obsessive pursuit of a beautiful woman and a passionate search for mystical enlightement.
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The decay of the angel
During the last years of his life, Honda adopts an orphaned boy and teaches him about Japanese society and tradition.
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Acts of worship : seven stories
Here are seven stories of psychological insight and eroticism from Yukio Mishima.
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Madame de Sade
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Patriotism
“Was it death he was now waiting for? Or a wild ecstasy of the senses?” For the young army officer of Yukio Mishima’s seminal story, “Patriotism,” death and ecstasy become intertwined. With his unique rigor and passion, Mishima hones in on the body as the great tragic stage for all we call social, ritual, political.
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Confessions of a mask
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Death in midsummer, and other stories.
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Thirst for love
A woman’s obsessive love for an 18-year-old youth destroys her.