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  • Published: 31 May 1994
  • ISBN: 9780679750154
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $32.99
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The Sailor Who Fell from Grace With the Sea (Vintage Classics Japanese Series)





VINTAGE INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS A SELECTION OF MODERN JAPANESE CLASSICS
A shocking tale about a violent group of teenage boys and the dangers of disillusionment from three-time Nobel Prize nominee Yukio Mishima.

A novel from "one of the outstanding writers of the world” (The New York Times) that explores the vicious nature of youth that is sometimes mistaken for innocence. • “A major work of art.” —Time

Thirteen-year-old Noboru is a member of a gang of highly philosophical teenage boys who reject the tenets of the adult world — to them, adult life is illusory, hypocritical, and sentimental. When Noboru’s widowed mother is romanced by Ryuji, a sailor, Noboru is thrilled. He idolizes this rugged man of the sea as a hero. But his admiration soon turns to hatred, as Ryuji forsakes life onboard the ship for marriage, rejecting everything Noboru holds sacred. Upset and appalled, he and his friends respond to this apparent betrayal with a terrible ferocity.

  • Published: 31 May 1994
  • ISBN: 9780679750154
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $32.99
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Praise for The Sailor Who Fell from Grace With the Sea (Vintage Classics Japanese Series)

  • "Brilliantly prosed and composed ... a major work of art." --Time
  • "This novel is brilliant in the conciseness of its narrative."--The Nation
  • "Mishima is like Stendhal in his precise psychological analyses, like Dostoevsky in his explorations of darkly destructive personalities." --Christian Science Monitor
  • "[The Sea of Fertility] is a literary legacy on the scale of Proust's." --National Review
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