The life and death of Yukio Mishima /
"In 1970, at the peak of his brilliant literary career and immediately after completing his last novel, The Decay of the Angel, Yukio Mishima committed hara-kiri in a military headquarters in Tokyo. In a public speech, Mishima suggested he was making a political gesture, but that is too simple...
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New York :
Dell Publishing Co.,
1975.
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue: A personal impression
- One: The last day. Off to the parade ; The fight in the general's office ; Tenno heika banzai! ; Hara-kiri ; "Out of his mind"
- Two: Early life (1925-39). The chrysanthemum and the sword ; Birth ; Fairy tales and fantasies ; School and adolescence
- Three: The making of Yukio Mishima (1940-49). Child of ancient history ; The "irony" of it all ; Fateful days ; Kawabata's protégé
- Four: The four rivers (1950-70). Pictures at an exhibition ; The river of writing ; The river of theater ; The river of body ; The river of action
- Five: Post-mortem.