Yukio Mishima

by Damian Flanagan

The most internationally acclaimed Japanese author of the twentieth century, Yukio Mishima (1925-70) was a prime candidate for the Nobel Prize. But the prolific author shocked the world in 1970 when he attempted a coup d' tat that ended in his suicide by ritual disembowelment. In this radically new analysis of Mishima's extraordinary life, Damian Flanagan deviates from the stereotypical depiction of a right-wing nationalist and aesthete, presenting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780233450
• ISBN13: 9781780233451
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 7.9"