A beautiful hardback edition of the great Japanese classic.
'Mishima's greatest novel, and one of the greatest of the past century' The Times
A band of savage thirteen-year-old boys reject the adult world as illusory, hypocritical, and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness they call 'objectivity'.
When the mother of one of them begins an affair with a ship's officer, he and his friends idealise the man at first; but it is not long before they conclude that he is in fact soft and romantic.
They regard this disillusionment as an act of betrayal on his part - and the retribution is deliberate and horrifying.
A tale of youth and warped masculinity, rediscover the suspenseful and deeply ominous classic with this special edition.
'A page-turning novel...a timeless classic' Independent
Vintage Quarterbound Classics: Bound to be beautiful
| ISBN: | 9781784879723 |
| Publication date: | 4th April 2024 |
| Author: | Yukio Mishima |
| Publisher: | Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 144 pages |
| Series: | Vintage Quarterbound Classics |
| Genres: |
Classics Narrative theme: Love and relationships Narrative theme: Interior life Translated Fiction |