{"product_id":"runaway-horses-yukio-mishima","title":"Runaway Horses (Yukio Mishima)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second book in Mishima's Sea of Fertility tetraology - this is a story of political violence, traditional samurai values and nihilism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIsao is a young, engaging patriot, and a fanatical believer in the ancient samurai ethos. He turns terrorist, organising a violent plot against the new industrialists, who he believes are threatening the integrity of Japan and usurping the Emperor's rightful power. As the conspiracy unfolds and unravels, Mishima brilliantly chronicles the conflicts of a decade that saw the fabric of Japanese life torn apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eRunaway Horses\u003c\/i\u003e is disturbing material, also a harbinger of Mishima's own act of 'patriotic' self-slaughter... Strange, elegant, erotic' \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYukio Mishima\u003c\/b\u003e 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 short stories and thirty-three plays, in some of which he acted. Several films have been made from his novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Waves; Enjo,\u003c\/i\u003e which was based on T\u003ci\u003ehe Temple of the Golden Pavilion\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e. Among his other works are the novels \u003ci\u003eConfessions of a Mask \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThirst For Love\u003c\/i\u003e and the short-story collections \u003ci\u003eDeath in Midsummer \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eActs of Worship\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sea of Fertility tetralogy\u003c\/i\u003e, however, is his masterpiece. After Mishima conceived the idea of \u003ci\u003eThe Sea of Fertility\u003c\/i\u003e in 1964, he frequently said he would die when it was completed. On November 25th, 1970, the day he completed \u003ci\u003eThe Decay of the Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, the last novel of the cycle, Mishima committed \u003ci\u003eseppuku\u003c\/i\u003e (ritual suicide) at the age of forty-five.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 432 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65807791915357,"sku":"K071374125","price":11.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/7137412500001A.jpg?v=1788490870","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/runaway-horses-yukio-mishima","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}