Sound of Waves - Softcover

Mishima, Yukio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425028259 ISBN 13: 9780425028254

Publisher: Berkley Pub Group, 1970

Synopsis

A poor fisherman longs to meet the young and beautiful pearl diver who has enthralled the Japanese village

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From the Inside Flap:

Set in a remote fishing village in Japan, The Sound of Waves is a timeless story of first love. A young fisherman is entranced at the sight of the beautiful daughter of the wealthiest man in the village. They fall in love, but must then endure the calumny and gossip of the villagers.

About the Author:

Yukio Mishima was born into a samurai family and imbued with the code of complete control over mind and body, and loyalty to the Emperor - the same code that produced the austerity and self-sacrifice of Zen. He wrote countless stories and thirty-three plays, in some of which he performed. Several films have been made from his novels, including The Sound of Waves, Enjo which was based on The Temple of the Golden Pavilion and The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea. Among his other works are the novels Confessions of a Mask and Thirst for Love and the short story collections Death in Midsummer and Acts of Worship. The Sea of Fertility tetralogy, however, is his masterpiece. After Mishima conceived the idea of The Sea of Fertility in 1964, he frequently said he would die when it was completed. On 25 November 1970, the day he completed The Decay of the Angel, the last novel of the cycle, Mishima committed seppuku (ritual suicide) at the age of forty-five.

About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley Pub Group
• Publication date: 1970
• ISBN 10: 0425028259
• ISBN 13: 9780425028254
• Binding: Paperback