Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima
The story of a man coming to terms with his homosexuality in traditional Japanese society has become a modern classic.
"Yukio Mishima was one of the greatest avant-garde Japanese writers of the twentieth century" -- Judith Thurman - New Yorker
"In Confessions of a Mask a literary artist of delicate sensibility and startling candor has chosen to write for the few rather than the many. " -- Ben Ray Redman - The New York Times
"We read the bloody details with wonder…such is the power of his writing." -- Gore Vidal - The New York Review of Books
"Confessions of a Mask follows in the spirit of Oscar Wilde’s dictum that ‘man is least himself when he talks in his own person. ‘Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.’" -- Wired
"In Confessions of a Mask a literary artist of delicate sensibility and startling candor has chosen to write for the few rather than the many. " -- Ben Ray Redman - The New York Times
"We read the bloody details with wonder…such is the power of his writing." -- Gore Vidal - The New York Review of Books
"Confessions of a Mask follows in the spirit of Oscar Wilde’s dictum that ‘man is least himself when he talks in his own person. ‘Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.’" -- Wired
Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) completed his first novel the year he entered the University of Tokyo and his last novel the day of his death. He is the author of numerous novels, stories, plays, and essays. Gore Vidal once said of him: “I only regret we never met, for friends found him a good companion, a fine drinking partner, and fun to cruise with.” Mishima committed suicide by ceremonial seppuku after a failed coup d’e´tat intended to restore pre-WWII power to the emperor of Japan. Meredith Weatherby was an American publisher of Japanese texts.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780811201186 |
| ISBN 10 | 081120118X |
| Title | Confessions of a Mask |
| Author | Yukio Mishima |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | New Directions Publishing Corporation |
| Year published | 1958-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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