Name: Star (Penguin Modern)
SKU: 51721230
Price: 339.00 TWD
Availability: InStock
Author: Yukio Mishima
ISBN: 9780241383476

Type

Physical Book

Author

Yukio Mishima

Publisher

Penguin

Year

2019

Language

English

Pages

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780241383476

Star (Penguin Modern)

Yukio Mishima (Author) · Penguin · Paperback

New Book Imported to Taiwan

Delivery: 28 Sep - 06 Oct

NT$ 339

NT$ 339

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Synopsis "Star (Penguin Modern) "

A haunting novella of fame and disillusionment by a Japanese literary iconAll 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.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 as the absurdity of his existence comes sharply into focus. With exquisite, vivid prose, Star begs the question: is there ever any escape from how we are seen by others?

Yukio Mishima

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Yukio Mishima (literary name) was born as Kimitake Hiroaka in Tokyo in 1925 and committed suicide in 1970 in protest against the end of traditional Japan. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize, but it was after his death that he achieved international fame. Mishima lived, like so many Japanese of his generation, the clash of two cultural models: the Western and the ancient and own of Japan. A prolific and diverse writer, Confessions of a Mask, his first notable success, made him famous at just twenty-four years old.

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