Yukio Mishima is considered one of the literary giants of modern Japanese literature, but up until now I have read only two of his books: The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea (which I read in college and I can barely remember) and The Golden Pavilion-which I thought was impressive. I have started on his famous Sea of Fertility teratology with Spring Snow. It is interesting in the details he presents of modern Japanese life after the Japan-Russo War, which brought Japan into prominence as a world power. But it is also essentially a simple love story. The main character Kiyoaki has a doomed love affair with Satoko who is betrothed to the Emperor’s son. I’m curious as to where the second volume, Runaway Horses, will go with the story or themes of the individual in conflict with society/deference to the emperor.
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