“A propulsive, madcap story” (The New York Times) about a salaryman who decides to put his life up for sale in the classifieds section of a Tokyo newspaper after a botched suicide attempt. – “An outstanding writer not only of Japan, but of the world.” —The Atlantic
After salaryman Hanio Yamada puts his life up for sale, interested parties quickly come calling with increasingly bizarre requests. 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.
Author: Yukio Mishima
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 04/07/2020
Series: Vintage International
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.20w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780525565147
Language: English
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