The final installment of the masterful tetralogy, The Sea of Fertility, finds Shigekuni Honda an elderly wealthy man in the 1960s, adopting a teenage orphan whom he is convinced is the reincarnation of his childhood friend. – “One of the best final scenes in the history of the novel.” –David Mitchell, The New York Times Book Review
Honda, now an aged and wealthy man, once more encounters a person he believes to be a reincarnation of his friend, Kiyoaki Matsugae–this time restored to life as a teenage orphan, Tōru. Adopting the boy as his heir, Honda quickly finds that Tōru is a force to be reckoned with. The final novel of this celebrated tetralogy weaves together the dominant themes of the previous three novels in the series: the decay of Japan’s courtly tradition; the essence and value of Buddhist philosophy and aesthetics; and, underlying all, Mishima’s apocalyptic vision of the modern era.
Author: Yukio Mishima
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 04/14/1990
Series: Sea of Fertility
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.23w x 0.66d
ISBN: 9780679722434
Language: English
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