John Nathan: Mishima | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780306809774 | Mishima | A Biography | John Nathan | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2000

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Beschreibung

At forty-five, Yukio Mishima was the outstanding Japanese writer of his generation, celebrated both at home and abroad for The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea. In 1970 he startled the world by stepping out onto a balcony in Tokyo before an assembly of troops and plunging a sword into his abdomen; a disciple then beheaded him, completing the ritual of hara-kiri. John Nathan's riveting biography traces the life of this tortured, nearly superhuman personality. Mishima survived a grotesque childhood, and subsequently his sadomasochistic impulses became manifest -- as did an increasing obsession with death as the supreme beauty. Nathan, who knew Mishima professionally and personally, interviewed family, colleagues, and friends to unmask the various -- often seemingly contradictory -- personae of the genius who felt called by "a glittering destiny no ordinary man would be permitted."

Über den Autor

John Nathan, the Takashima Professor of Japanese Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has translated the novels of both Yukio Mishima and the Nobel laureate Kenzaburo OÃ'He also published Sony, a portrait of the giant Japanese corporation.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2000
Genre:	Biographien , Importe
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780306809774
ISBN-10:	030680977X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Nathan, John
Hersteller:	Da Capo Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	203 x 127 x 23 mm
Von/Mit:	John Nathan
Erscheinungsdatum:	07.04.2000
Gewicht:	0,56 kg