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The historical forces mishima ciscusses begin in 1921 shortly after japans victory over russia. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 432 pages and is available in paperback format. Mishima did much research to prepare for this novel, including visiting locations recorded in the book and searching for information on the shinpuren rebellion shinpuren no ran. Here we meet shigekuni honda, who narrates this epic tale of what he believes are the successive reincarnations of his friend, kiyoaki matsugae. After succumbing to the torturous assault of uv rays from reading the pdf version of runaway horses by yukio mishima a couple of weeks ago, i finally resumed reading it in paperback form after acquiring a copy from an online bookstore. As a contrast, the second book, runaway horses, is the most historical, on a political level. Buy a cheap copy of runaway horses book by yukio mishima. Kimitake hiraoka, hiraoka kimitake, january 14, 1925 november 25, 1970, known also under the pen name yukio mishima, mishima yukio, was a japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, model, film director, nationalist, and founder of the tatenokai.
Mishima was confident in patriotism as his masterpiece. Yukio mishimas tetralogy, the sea of fertility, offers. Again we encounter shigekuni honda, who narrates this epic tale of what he believes are the successive reincarnations of his childhood friend kiyoaki matsugae. The sea of fertility, 2 vintage international kindle edition by mishima, yukio.