Mishima, Yukio creator 1925-1970 creator Seidensticker, Edward translator text xx New York Vintage International 1990 1st Vintage International monographic und

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236 pages: 20 cm "Yukio Mishima`s The Decay of the Angel is the final novel in his masterful tetralogy, The Sea of Fertility. It is the last installment of Shigekuni Honda`s pursuit of the successive reincarnations of his childhood friend Kiyoaki Matsugae. It is the late 1960s and Honda, now an aged and wealthy man, once more encounters a person he believes to be a reincarnation of his friend, Kiyoaki -- this time restored to life as a teenage orphan, Toru. Adopting the boy as his heir, Honda quickly finds that Toru is a force to be reckoned with. The final novel of this celebrated tetralogy weaves together the dominant themes of the previous three novels in the series: the decay of Japan`s courtly tradition; the essence and value of Buddhist philosophy and aesthetics; and, underlying all, Mishima`s apocalyptic vision of the modern era."--Publisher`s description. Yukio Mishima ; translated from the Japanese by Edward G. Seidensticker. in English Adoption Japan FICTION Japan M6872 1990 9780679722434 251212 20260803094253.0