{"product_id":"spring-snow-yukio-mishima","title":"Spring Snow (Yukio Mishima)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTokyo, 1912. The closed world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders - rich provincial families, a new and powerful elite.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKiyoaki has been raised among the elegant Ayakura family - members of the waning aristocracy - but he is not one of them. Coming of age, he is caught up in the tensions between old and new, and his feelings for the exquisite, spirited Satoko. His devoted friend Honda watches from the sidelines. It is only when Satoko is engaged to a royal prince that Kiyoaki realises the magnitude of his passion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An austere love story, probably my favourite of his novels' David Mitchell,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e Independent on Sunday\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[Mishima's] best work, unnerving as it may be, still casts a spell; and I suspect it will retain its dark radiance' \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, 400 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65809729945949,"sku":"K053178098","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/5317809800001A.jpg?v=1788511713","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/spring-snow-yukio-mishima","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}