Confessions of a Mask

Confessions of a Mask

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Mishima, Yukio
Penguin Books Ltd
EAN: 9781802064629
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'There is in this world a kind of desire like stinging pain'A Japanese teenager is overcome with longing for his male classmate. He imagines his body punctured with arrows, like the body of St Sebastian in the painting that obsesses him. Over and over again, each night in his private fantasies, the objects of his lust are tortured, killed and maimed. But, in the rigid world of imperial wartime Japan there is no place for such transgressive desires. He must wear a false mask and hide his true nature, whatever the cost. 'A terrific and astringent work of beauty' The Times Literary Supplement'Mishima is lucid in the midst of emotional confusion, funny in the midst of despair' Christopher Isherwood'Never has a &quote;confession&quote; been freer from self-pity' Sunday Times
EAN 9781802064629
ISBN 1802064621
Binding Ebook
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date May 9, 2024
Pages 176
Language English
Country United Kingdom
Authors Mishima, Yukio
Translators Weatherby, Meredith
Series Penguin Modern Classics