Name: Confessions of a Mask
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Author: Yukio Mishima
ISBN: 9780811201186

Type

Physical Book

Author

Yukio Mishima

Translated by

Meredith Weatherby

Publisher

New Directions Publishing Corporation

Year

1958

Language

English

Pages

256

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3 x 13.2 x 2.0 cm

Weight

0.23 kg.

ISBN

081120118X

ISBN13

9780811201186

Synopsis "Confessions of a Mask"

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.

Yukio Mishima

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Yukio Mishima (nombre literario) nació como Kimitake Hiroaka en Tokio en 1925 y se suicidó en 1970 en protesta por el fin del Japón tradicional. Estuvo nominado para el premio Nobel, pero fue después de su muerte cuando alcanzó fama internacional. Mishima vivió, como tantos japoneses de su generación, el embate de dos modelos de cultura: la occidental y la propia y milenaria del Japón. Escritor plural y fecundo, Confesiones de una máscara, su primer éxito notable, le hizo famoso con tan sólo veinticuatro años.

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