| #69079 in Books | Mishima, Yukio | 1999-02-22 | 1999-02-22 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.60 x.40 x4.70l,1.00 | File type: PDF | 416 pages||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Sad, tragic, disturbing|By Davalon|First, I absolutely hate 's "rating system" where I am forced to go through a checklist before I can make my comments. Neither "predictable," "some twists" or "full of surprises" has anything to do with what I want to say. WHY does force us to do this before making a comment, I don't get it.
On to the book: This is a translation fr|From Library Journal|Published in the United States during the 1960s but written years earlier, this Mishima trio, while vastly different in plot, all sport the common theme of idealism destroyed by reality. Nearly three decades after his death, Mishima continue
From one of Japan's greatest modern writers comes an exquisitely disturbing novel of sexual combat and concealed passion, a work that distills beauty, longing, and loathing into an intoxicating tale.
An aging, embittered novelist sets out to avenge himself on the women who have betrayed him. He finds the perfect instrument in Yuichi, a young man whose beauty makes him irresistible to women but who is just discovering his attraction to other men. As Yuichi...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Forbidden Colors | Yukio Mishima. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.