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The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

By Yukio Mishima
Translated by John Nathan

By Yukio Mishima
Translated by John Nathan

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May 31, 1994 | ISBN 9780679750154

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima
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May 31, 1994 | ISBN 9780679750154

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About The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

Yukio Mishima’s The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea explores the vicious nature of youth that is sometimes mistaken for innocence.
 
Thirteen-year-old Noboru is a member of a gang of highly philosophical teenage boys who reject the tenets of the adult world — to them, adult life is illusory, hypocritical, and sentimental. When Noboru’s widowed mother is romanced by Ryuji, a sailor, Noboru is thrilled. He idolizes this rugged man of the sea as a hero. But his admiration soon turns to hatred, as Ryuji forsakes life onboard the ship for marriage, rejecting everything Noboru holds sacred. Upset and appalled, he and his friends respond to this apparent betrayal with a terrible ferocity.

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About Yukio Mishima

Yukio Mishima was born in Tokyo in 1925. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University’s School of Jurisprudence in 1947. His first published book, The Forest in Full Bloom, appeared in 1944, and he established himself as a major author with… More about Yukio Mishima

Product Details

Category: Literary Fiction

Paperback | $17.00
Published by Vintage
May 31, 1994 | 192 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679750154
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Praise

 “Brilliant in the conciseness of its narrative.”
—The Nation
 
“A major work of art.”
—Time
 
“Mishima is like Stendhal in his precise psychological analyses, like Dostoevsky in his explorations of darkly destructive personalities.”
—Christian Science Monitor

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