From one of Japan’s greatest modern writers comes an exquisitely disturbing novel of sexual combat and concealed passion, a work that distills beauty, longing, and loathing into an intoxicating tale. – “One of the outstanding writers of the world.” —The New York Times
An aging, embittered novelist sets out to avenge himself on the women who have betrayed him. He finds the perfect instrument in Yuichi, a young man whose beauty makes him irresistible to women but who is just discovering his attraction to other men. As Yuichi’s mentor presses him into a loveless marriage and a series of equally loveless philanderings, his protégé enters the gay underworld of postwar Japan where Yuichi is defenseless as any of the women he preys upon.
Author: Yukio Mishima
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02/22/1999
Series: Vintage International
Pages: 416
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780375705168
Language: English
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