Book Cover The Decay of the Angel

The Decay of the Angel

of Yukio Mishima, Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator)

Series: The Sea of Fertility #4

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The dramatic climax of The Sea of Fertility tetraology takes place in the late 1960s. Honda, now an aged and wealthy man, discovers and adopts a sixteen-year-old orphan, Toru, as his heir, identifying him with the tragic protagonists of the three previous novels, each of whom died at the age of twenty. Honda raises and educates the boy, yet watches him, waiting.

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Fiction Fiction Japan Japanese Literature Literature Novels Historical Fiction Classics Asia Asian Literature Literary Fiction

Main Characters

Shigekuni Honda

Book Details

  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 236 pages
  • Publisher Vintage
  • Publication Date January 2nd 2001
  • First Publication 11/06/70
  • Language English
  • ISBN 9780099284574
  • Edition Reprint
  • Category Fiction
  • Scenario []

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