Confessions of a mask
Mishima, Yukio, 1925-19702017
Book
"There is in this world a kind of desire like stinging pain" -- A Japanese teenager is overcome with longing for his male classmate. He imagines his body punctured with arrows, like the body of St Sebastian in the painting that obsesses him. Over and over again, each night in his private fantasies, the objects of his lust are tortured, killed and maimed. But, in the rigid world of imperial wartime Japan there is no place for such transgressive desires. He must wear a false mask and hide his true nature, whatever the cost.
Main title:
Confessions of a mask / Yukio Mishima ; translated from the Japanese by Meredith Weatherby.
Author:
Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970, authorWeatherby, Meredith, translator
Work:
Imprint:
London : Penguin Classics, 2017.©1958
Collation:
169 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Orginially published in Japanes in 1949.Translated from the Japanese.
ISBN:
9780241301197 (pbk)9780241301197 (paperback)
Dewey class:
895.635
Language:
EnglishJapanese
Subject:
BRN:
618820
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | Fiction Paperback | General M | On loan - Due: 27 Jul 2026 |