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"Death in Midsummer" – During a vacation at Izu peninsula, a young couple's two elder children and the husband's sister die in a bathing accident.The wife is torn between feelings of guilt, the longing for sympathy for her loss, and fear for her youngest child, leading to confrontations between her and her husband.
Death in Midsummer, written after Mishima's first trip overseas from December 1951 to May 1952, [3] was initially published in October 1952 in the magazine Shinchō. [1] It was released in book form in a collection of Mishima short stories by Sōgensha the following year, lending its title to the collection. It has seen numerous reprints and ...
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In 2020, a documentary titled Mishima Yukio vs. Tokyo University Zenkyōtō: the Truth Revealed 50 Years Later (三島由紀夫vs東大全共闘〜50年目の真実〜, Mishima Yukio vs Todai Zenkyōtō〜50 nen me no Sinjitsu) was released, based on the debate between Mishima and members of the Tokyo University Zenkyōtō on May 13, 1969.
Acts of Worship (三熊野詣, Mikumano Moude) is a 1965 short story collection by the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. [1] [2] Kimitake Hiraoka, or better known as Yukio Mishima was a one of Japan's most famous authors. In addition, he is also known as being one of the greatest writers of the 20th century due to both his fictional and non ...
Lesley Downer for The Times Literary Supplement praised Mishima's humour, style and wit. [ 2 ] Alexander Lee of The Critic gave a mixed review, commenting that Beautiful Star seemed "little more than a stilted piece of science fiction...pretty humdrum stuff" and called the characters "tweedy" and the dialogue "leaden"; however, he called the ...
The bibliography of Kimitake Hiraoka, pen name Yukio Mishima, includes novels, novellas, short stories and literary essays, as well as plays that were written not only in a contemporary-style, but also in the style of classical Japanese theatre, particularly in the genres of noh and kabuki.
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