{"product_id":"confessions-of-a-mask-9780241301197","title":"Confessions of a Mask","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe dawning of a young man's homosexual and sadistic desires  A Japanese teenager is overcome with longing for his male classmate. Each night he imagines his body punctured with arrows, like the body of St Sebastian in Guido Reni's painting; the objects of our hero's desire are tortured, killed and maimed, over and over again each night in his private fantasies. He must hide his lust from a homophobic and stiflingly conventional Japan. Self-loathing and desperate, he begins acting out a love affair with the sister of a school friend, while grappling with his hidden desires under the shadow of a Japan under threat from World War Two.\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9780241301197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 15 Sep 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.7(H)x12.7(L)x1.2(W)135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 135\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eYukio Mishima was born in 1925 in Tokyo, and is considered one of the Japan's most important writers. His books broke social boundaries and taboos at a time when Japan found itself in a state of rapid social change. His interests besides writing included body-building, acting, and practising as a Samurai. In 1970 he attempted to start a military coup, which failed. Upon realising this, Mishima performed seppuku, a ritual suicide, upon himself. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize for literature three times.  His major novels include Confessions of a Mask, Forbidden Colours (also a Penguin Modern Classic), The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea and the tetralogy The Sea of Fertility: Spring Snow, Runaway Horses, The Temple of Dawn and The Decay of the Angel.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eMishima is lucid in the midst of emotional confusion, funny in the midst of despair -- Christopher Isherwood\u003cbr\u003eNever has a \"confession\" been freer from self-pity and emotional over-indulgence * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eA writer of immense energy and ability * Time Out *\u003cbr\u003eA terrific and astringent work of beauty... a work of art * Times Literary Supplement *","brand":"Yukio Mishima","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50837511700697,"sku":"9780241301197","price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9780241301197.jpg?v=1793104892","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/confessions-of-a-mask-9780241301197","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}