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Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970.
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Adultery -- Fiction.
Marriage -- Fiction.
Mentoring -- Fiction.
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Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970.
Adultery -- Fiction.
Marriage -- Fiction.
Mentoring -- Fiction.
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The frolic of the beasts /
Yukio
Mishima
; translated from the Japanese by Andrew Clare.
by
Mishima
,
Yukio
,
1925-1970
.
Vintage International/Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.
Call #:
FICTION MIS
Subjects
Adultery -- Fiction.
Marriage -- Fiction.
Mentoring -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780525434153
Uniform title:
Kemono
no
tawamure
. English.
Description:
166 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Translation of:
Kemono
no
tawamure
.
"Originally published in Japan as
Kemono
no
tawamure
by Shinchosha, Tokyo, in 1961"--T.p. verso.
"A novel"--Cover.
In English, translated from the Japanese.
Summary:
"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, his would-be mentor, the eminent literary critic Ippei Kusakado; and Ippei's beautiful, enigmatic wife. When brought face-to-face with one of Ippei's many marital indiscretions, finds his growing desire for 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"--Publisher.
Genre:
Psychological fiction.
Japanese fiction -- Translations into English.
Other authors:
Clare, Andrew, 1964-
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