The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea - Softcover

Mishima, Yukio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140184163 ISBN 13: 9780140184167

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1990

Synopsis

After five years of celibate widowhood, Fusako consummates her two-day relationship with Ryuji, a naval officer convinced of his glorious destiny. However, they are spied on by Fusako's son, Noboru, a member of a sinister elite of precocious schoolboys. Together, they conspire against Ryuji.

About this title

About the Author:

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 realising this, Mishima performed seppuku, a ritual suicide, upon himself. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize for literature three times.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0140184163
• ISBN 13: 9780140184167
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144