Voices of the Fallen Heroes
And Other Stories
Seiten
2026
Penguin Classics (Verlag)
978-0-241-72361-6 (ISBN)
Penguin Classics (Verlag)
978-0-241-72361-6 (ISBN)
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'These stories are waves of fury, desire and delicious cruelty, always kissed by beauty and death' Mariana Enríquez
A new selection of lyrically haunting 1960s short stories, from a Japanese literary icon
A writer is seized by apocalyptic visions, a trio of beatniks dance to modern jazz in the ruins of an abandoned church, and a séance brings forth the reproachful spirits of the military dead.
In Voices of the Fallen Heroes, stark autobiography contrasts with pure horror, and the tenderness of first love cedes to obsession, heartbreak and deathly beauty. In one tale, Mishima recounts the true story of the time a deranged fan broke into his home at dawn. Elsewhere, a beautiful youth achieves eternal life through violent murder, and an ill-matched couple seal their fate with a pack of cards, tangled in the web of time and unfulfilled desire.
Available in English for the first time, and carefully selected by expert translators, these captivating stories are the perfect introduction to Mishima's work, on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
A new selection of lyrically haunting 1960s short stories, from a Japanese literary icon
A writer is seized by apocalyptic visions, a trio of beatniks dance to modern jazz in the ruins of an abandoned church, and a séance brings forth the reproachful spirits of the military dead.
In Voices of the Fallen Heroes, stark autobiography contrasts with pure horror, and the tenderness of first love cedes to obsession, heartbreak and deathly beauty. In one tale, Mishima recounts the true story of the time a deranged fan broke into his home at dawn. Elsewhere, a beautiful youth achieves eternal life through violent murder, and an ill-matched couple seal their fate with a pack of cards, tangled in the web of time and unfulfilled desire.
Available in English for the first time, and carefully selected by expert translators, these captivating stories are the perfect introduction to Mishima's work, on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
Yukio Mishima was born in 1925 in Tokyo, and is considered one of the Japan's most important writers. His books broke social boundaries and taboos at a time when Japan found itself in a state of rapid social change. His interests, besides writing, included body-building, acting and practising as a Samurai. In 1970 he attempted to start a military coup, which failed. Upon realizing this, Mishima performed seppuku, a ritual suicide, upon himself. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature three times.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.1.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Übersetzer | Jeffrey Angles, Tomoko Aoyama, Stephen Dodd |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 128 x 197 mm |
| Gewicht | 208 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker |
| Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-241-72361-2 / 0241723612 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-241-72361-6 / 9780241723616 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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