A Study Guide for Yukio Mishima's The Sound of Waves

A Study Guide for Yukio Mishima's The Sound of Waves
Author: Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2015-03-13
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1410321282

A Study Guide for Yukio Mishima's The Sound of Waves," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.

The Sound of Waves

The Sound of Waves
Author: Yukio Mishima
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2013-04-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307834344

A timeless story of first love set in a remote fishing village in Japan. • "A story that is both happy and a work of art.... Altogether a joyous and lovely thing." —The New York Times A young fisherman is entranced at the sight of the beautiful daughter of the wealthiest man in the village. They fall in love, but must then endure the calumny and gossip of the villagers.

A STUDY GUIDE & ANALYSIS OF Yukio Mishima’s #1 book: THE SOUND OF WAVES

A STUDY GUIDE & ANALYSIS OF Yukio Mishima’s #1 book: THE SOUND OF WAVES
Author: Joe Broadfoot
Publisher: Joe Broadfoot
Total Pages: 47
Release:
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN:

This book is aimed at IGCSE students of Literature who are studying Yukio Mishima’s The Sound of Waves. The focus is on what examiners are looking for and here you will find each chapter covered in detail. I hope this will help you and be a valuable tool in your studies and revision.

Star

Star
Author: Yukio Mishima
Publisher: ببلومانيا للنشر والتوزيع
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2024-10-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

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?

Spring Snow

Spring Snow
Author: Yukio Mishima
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2013-04-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 030783431X

"A classic of Japanese literature" (Chicago Sun-Times) and the first novel in the masterful tetralogy, The Sea of Fertility, set in 1912 Tokyo, featuring an aspiring lawyer who believes he has met the successive reincarnations of his childhood friend. It is 1912 in Tokyo, and the hermetic world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders—rich provincial families unburdened by tradition, whose money and vitality make them formidable contenders for social and political power. Shigekuni Honda, an aspiring lawyer and his childhood friend, Kiyoaki Matsugae, are the sons of two such families. As they come of age amidst the growing tensions between old and new, Kiyoaki is plagued by his simultaneous love for and loathing of the spirited young woman Ayakura Satoko. But Kiyoaki’s true feelings only become apparent when her sudden engagement to a royal prince shows him the magnitude of his passion—and leads to a love affair both doomed and inevitable.

Sun & Steel

Sun & Steel
Author: Yukio Mishima
Publisher: New York : Grove Press
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1970
Genre: Gay people
ISBN:

Consists of a series of essays

Patriotism

Patriotism
Author: Yukio Mishima
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1995
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780811213127

'Was it death he was now waiting for? Or a wild ecstasy of the senses?' For the young army officer of Yukio Mishima's seminal story, 'Patriotism, ' death and ecstasy become elementally intertwined. With his unique rigor and passion, Mishima hones in on the body as the great tragic stage for all we call social, ritual, political.

Confessions of a Mask

Confessions of a Mask
Author: Yukio Mishima
Publisher: ببلومانيا للنشر والتوزيع
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2024-10-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Confessions of a Mask tells the story of Kochan, an adolescent boy tormented by his burgeoning attraction to men: he wants to be “normal.” Kochan is meek-bodied, and unable to participate in the more athletic activities of his classmates. He begins to notice his growing attraction to some of the boys in his class, particularly the pubescent body of his friend Omi. To hide his homosexuality, he courts a woman, Sonoko, but this exacerbates his feelings for men. As news of the War reaches Tokyo, Kochan considers the fate of Japan and his place within its deeply rooted propriety. Confessions of a Mask reflects Mishima’s own coming of age in post-war Japan. Its publication in English―praised by Gore Vidal, James Baldwin, and Christopher Isherwood―propelled the young Yukio Mishima to international fame.