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Star / Yukio Mishima ; translated by Sam Bett.

by Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970.

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New Directions, 2019.

Fame -- Fiction.

Actors and actresses -- Fiction.

Social perception -- Fiction.

9780811228428 (trade pbk.)

Translated from Japanese.

All eyes are upon Rikio. And he likes it, mostly. His fans cheer from a roped-off section, screaming and yelling to attract his attention--they would kill for a moment alone with him. Finally the director sets up the shot, the camera begins to roll, someone yells "action"; Rikio, for a moment, transforms into another being, a hardened young yakuza, but as soon as the shot is finished, he slumps back into his own anxieties and obsessions. Being a star, constantly performing, being watched and scrutinized as if under a microscope, is often a drag. But so is life. Written shortly after Yukio Mishima himself had acted in the film "Afraid to Die," this novella is a rich and unflinching psychological portrait of a celebrity coming apart at the seams. With exquisite, vivid prose, Star begs the question: is there any escape from how we are seen by others?

Psychological fiction.

Japanese fiction -- Translations into English.

Bett, Sam, 1986-

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