Yukio Mishima

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Arizona

The Temple of Dawn

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'The most ungentle night of all came toward the end of summer vacation' A band of savage thirteen-year-old boys reject the adult world as illusory, hypocritical, and sentimental. 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 - their retribution is deliberate and horrifying.

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

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The Sea of Fertility, 3

Yukio Mishima's The Temple of Dawn is the third novel in his masterful tetralogy, The Sea of Fertility. Here, Shigekuni Honda continues his pursuit of the successive reincarnations of Kiyoaki Matsugae, his childhood friend.
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Travelling in Thailand in the early 1940s, Shigekuni Honda, now a brilliant lawyer, is granted an audience with a young Thai princess--an encounter that radically alters the course of his life. In spite of all reason, he is convinced she is the reincarnated spirit of his friend Kiyoaki. As Honda goes to great lengths to discover for certain if his theory is correct, The Temple of Dawn becomes the story of one man's obsessive pursuit of a beautiful woman and his equally passionate search for enlightenment.

Translated into English for the first time, a gripping short novel about an affair gone wrong, from the acclaimed Japanese author, Yukio Mishima. Set in rural Japan shortly after World War II, The Frolic of the Beasts tells the story of a strange and utterly absorbing love triangle between a former university student, Kōji; his would-be mentor, the eminent literary critic Ippei Kusakado; and Ippei's beautiful, enigmatic wife, Yūko. When brought face-to-face with one of Ippei's many marital indiscretions, Kōji finds his growing desire for Yūko compels him to action in a way that changes all three of their lives profoundly. Originally published in 1961 and now available in English for the first time, The Frolic of the Beasts is a haunting examination of the various guises we assume throughout our lives, and a tale of psychological self-entrapment, seduction, and murder.

The Frolic of the Beasts

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1st North American Edition. Wear and tearing to edges of dust jacket. Contains gift inscription on flyleaf as shown.  X16

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

The dramatic climax of the SEA OF FERTILITY, bringing together the dominant themes of the three previous novels; the decay of Japan's courtly tradition and samurai ideal, and the essence and value of Buddhist philosophy.

The Decay of the Angel - First North American Edition

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Vintage cover edition
Some highlights throughout - no writing
Crisp pages - cover just has a bit of peeling

Georgia

In this masterpiece of the sexual Gothic, Yukio Mishima creates a portrait ofobsessive love and corrosive jealousy among a young widow, her father-in-law, and a domestic servant.

Thirst for Love

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Has precious price tag on it. Good trading condition

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

California

'A work of art...altogether a joyous and lovely thing' New York Times

Set in a remote fishing village in Japan, The Sound of Waves is a timeless story of first love.

It tells of Shinji, a young fisherman and Hatsue, the beautiful daughter of the wealthiest man in the village. Shinji is entranced at the sight of Hatsue in the twilight on the beach and they fall in love. When the villagers' gossip threatens to divide them, Shinki must risk his life to prove his worth.

'A sunny masterpiece' Los Angeles Times

The Sound of Waves

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short, almost humorous story about hanio who ‘sells his life’ after a failed attempt. goes through scenarios where people try to kill him, and always maintains to escape harm. really a fun read. 

book itself is a little ruffed, but in great condition otherwise. 

South Carolina

After botching a suicide attempt, salaryman Hanio Yamada decides to put his life up for sale in the classifieds section of a Tokyo newspaper. Soon interested parties come calling with increasingly bizarre requests and what follows is a madcap comedy of errors, involving a jealous husband, a drug-addled heiress, poisoned carrots--even a vampire. For someone who just wants to die, Hanio can't seem to catch a break, as he finds himself enmeshed in a continent-wide conspiracy that puts him in the cross hairs of both his own government and a powerful organized-crime syndicate. By turns wildly inventive, darkly comedic, and deeply surreal, in Life for Sale Yukio Mishima stunningly uses satire to explore the same dark themes that preoccupied him throughout his lifetime.

Life for Sale

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The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

Oregon

The Sea of Fertility, 1

Kiyoaki Matsugae's passionate and ill-fated love for the betrothed daughter of a Tokyo aristocrat brings him into disfavor at the Imperial Court

Spring Snow

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Washington

In After the Banquet, Mishima draws a portrait of a marriage in which lofty principles clash fatally with appetite and ambition. For years Kazu has run her fashionable restaurant with a combination of charm and shrewdness. But when the middle-aged entrepreneur falls in love with one of her clients, an aristocratic retired politician, she renounces her business in order to become his wife. In time, however, Kazu decides to resurrect her husband's political career. She embarks on a series of compromises and evasions that will force her to choose between her marriage and the demands of her irrepressible vitality.
 
"Kazu is the biggest and the most profound thing Mishima has done so far in an already distinguished career."--The New Yorker

After the Banquet

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Colorado

Translated from the Japanese by Alfred H. Marks

First Perigee Books Edition, third impression

Pennsylvania

Forbidden Colors

1959 Knopf. The jacket is in great condition, with only minor wrinkles and a few very small edge rips. There is an ex Libris sticker on the opening underneath the jacket inside flap. Gently read and in great condition. No annotations. 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

New Mexico

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (1959, second printing)

North Carolina

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion 

Estate of Ivan Morris

Kentucky

Because of the boyhood trauma of seeing his mother make love to another man in the presence of his dying father, Mizoguchi becomes a hopeless stutterer. Taunted by his schoolmates, he feels utterly alone until he becomes an acolyte at a famous temple in Kyoto. He quickly becomes obsessed with the beauty of the temple. Even when tempted by a friend into exploring the geisha district, he cannot escape its image. In the novel's soaring climax, he tries desperately to free himself from his fixation.

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Texas

Meredith Weatherby

A poor fisherman longs to meet the young and beautiful pearl diver who has enthralled his Japanese village.

NO writing or highlighting on pages. 
Pages are in excellent condition, but cover is worn. Flaws pictured in last 2 photos

The Sound of Waves, his timeless story of first love, is set in a remote Japanese fishing village. It tells of Shinji, a young fisherman, and Hatsue, the beautiful daughter of the wealthiest man in the village. Shinji is entranced at the sight of Hatsue in the twilight on the beach, upon her return from another island, where she had been training to be a pearl diver. They fall in love, but must then endure the calumny and gossip of the villagers. 

Ivan Morris

Front and back cover has some small discolorations, front bottom corner is creased, pages are extensively inscribed. Lots of notes!

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