It is new because it combines elements of many existing types of writing, yet in the end fits into none of them.a peek inside the head of the finest japanese writer of the 20th century- hint: he is fucking nuts.Mishima at his densest, finest, weirdest, most metaphysical. Your name. The apple certainly exists, but to the core this existence as yet seems inadequate; if words cannot endorse it, then the only way to endorse it is with the eyes. For this reason I imagine having read some of Mishima's fiction would be helpful; and a re-read would probably be fruitful as well. One need not be aware of Mishima’s comi-tragic attempt to put this philosophy into practice to hold it in contempt. I didn't think I would get chance to read it, with so few editions online and very pricey considering the size of the book, but my local library had it cooped up in the special edition section downstairs.

In short, this is every bit as rational as one would expect from a man who chose to be photographed for the book jacket in a speedo, wearing a katana.

Published by Kodansha International Ltd., 17-14, Otowa 1-chome, Bunkyoku. Start by marking “Sun and Steel” as Want to Read: Email. Talk about a writer's voice! Tokyo 112-8652. and by Kodansha America, IncFirst trade paperback edition. Individual lines are beautifully written, certain thoughts are articulated with heart-aching grandeur, taken in sum its worship of unthinking physical force, that is to say violence, in a nation then recovering from apocalyptic destruction (and responsible for a great deal of the same), must be judged either indescribably stupid or nightmarishly vile. I knew everything. This apple was not called into existence by words, nor is it possible that the core should be completely visible from the outside like Amiel’s peculiar fruit.
Although I have somewhat of an appreciation of Zen Buddhism, I don't go that far. A quarter-century's experience of life since then has added nothing to what I knew.

Literature, not to say life, offers no shortage of brilliant people dithering around in the most incoherent or radically destructive directions, but even still, you would be hard to find a more perfect encapsulation of genius put to the most startling stupid ends than Mishima’s grand self-statement. I would say this is Mishima's best work. At times it can be difficult to understand what he is going on about, but this does get easier as one reads further and gets a feel for how he thinks about things like art, action, the body, and man as individual and member of a group. Reviews There are no reviews yet.


The one difference is that at seventeen I had no 'realism'.” Insane and magnificent. His convictions continually beat against the chambers of our untold hearts, urging us ever on, a steady march toward death embraced by discipline, action, and an indomitable will to chase life into the everlasting arms of death itself. Both for his ideas and forWhether Yukio Mishima was some sort of heterodox genius or just batshit insane, this book is fascinating. by Kodansha International If Mishima was alive today, giving his predilection for samurai ideology and whatnot, I can see his teenage self posting edgelord memes had he been alive today.4.5 with the .5 being for "the blue sky was flecked with the semen-white of clouds""It is a rather risky matter to discuss a happiness that has no need of words. But then, who does?I have yet to come across a book that has distilled so much immensity in so few words. Sun and Steel - YUKIO MISHIMA .pdf. The inside of the apple is naturally quite invisible. Emma Straub was all set to spend May on tour promoting her new novel, All Adults Here. It is for a knife to be plunged deep into the apple so that it is split open and the core is exposed to the light—to the same light, that is, as the surface skin. We’d love your help. Completely humorless, Mishima is a nerdy writer that discovered fitness later in his life, compares airplanes to penises and clouds to sperm, and is absorbed by the concept of death, especially the "tragic" death that—in his opinion—can only be achieved by individuals with a chiseled hot bod.

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