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| Title | : | Runaway Horses (The Sea of Fertility #2) |
| Author | : | Yukio Mishima |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | March 11th 1999 by Vintage Classics (first published 1969) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. Japan. Asian Literature. Japanese Literature. Historical. Historical Fiction |
Yukio Mishima
Paperback | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 4.18 | 4621 Users | 321 Reviews
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Isao is a young, engaging patriot, and a fanatical believer in the ancient samurai ethos. He turns terrorist, organising a violent plot against the new industrialists, who he believes are threatening the integrity of Japan and usurping the Emperor’s rightful power. As the conspiracy unfolds and unravels, Mishima brilliantly chronicles the conflicts of a decade that saw the fabric of Japanese life torn apart.Mention Books Supposing Runaway Horses (The Sea of Fertility #2)
| Original Title: | (奔馬 |
| ISBN: | 0099282895 (ISBN13: 9780099282891) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Sea of Fertility #2 |
| Characters: | Shigekuni Honda, Isao Iinuma, Shigeyuki Iinuma |
| Setting: | Osaka(Japan) |
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First published at: http://www.meexia.com/bookie/2016/07/...Mee's rating: 4.5/5Runaway Horses is the second book in Yukio Mishima's Sea of Fertility tetralogy. You do have to read the books in order, so there will be spoilers for the first book below (My review of Spring Snow).The book starts with Honda - Kiyoaki's friend in the first book, who is now a middle age judge. He meets a young man named Isao, who he finds out later to be Iinuma's son. Iinuma was Kiyoaki's tutor, who after hisSecond book of Mishima's Sea of Fertility tetralogy. Centered on the themes of westernization and loss of traditional society in 1930s Japan, and the resulting dissent amongst right wing, traditionalist factions. Also, disturbingly focussed on the manliness and honor of seppaku, the ritual act of suicide. Very much a foreshadowing of Mishima's own suicide in 1970, almost a script of the future event.Although the main character, Isao, is a reincarnation of the the protagonist in Spring Snow,
I am an absolute fanboy to Japanese madman but genius writer Yukio Mishima. His tetralogy, the Sea of Tranquility, is a powerful piece of writing of incredible beauty. Runaway Horses is the second volume after the magnificent Spring Snow, and - as the rest of the novels - carries on the story of a few of the characters from the previous book against the historical canvas of Japan in the 30's. Not exactly optimistic, it did involve an incredible amount of research and travel for Mishima as he was
Blood and flowers were alike, Isao thought, in that both were quick to dry up, quick to change their substance. And precisely because of this, then, blood and flowers could go on living by taking on the substance of glory. Glory in all its form was inevitably something metallic. When I was much younger, I had some grim thoughts involving heights. Now, I'm scared of balconies if they're not fenced off. They should be enclosed with something - wires, net, a lovely lattice pattern. It pretty much
This book by the classic Japanese author is the second work in a series of four books called The Sea of Fertility cycle. Although you can pick up most of it in context, it really helps to have to have read the first volume, Spring Snow. For those who have not read it, here is a spoiler for that book:Summary and spoiler for the first book in the series, Spring Snow: (view spoiler)[The plot revolves around a love story between a boy and the daughter of the neighboring household. They have known
This book by the classic Japanese author is the second work in a series of four books called The Sea of Fertility cycle. Although you can pick up most of it in context, it really helps to have to have read the first volume, Spring Snow. For those who have not read it, here is a spoiler for that book:Summary and spoiler for the first book in the series, Spring Snow: (view spoiler)[The plot revolves around a love story between a boy and the daughter of the neighboring household. They have known
The extreme right wing politics almost dragged this down to a 3 star rating, however the language, the allegory & metaphor as well as the narrative hook probably puts it at 5 stars. I'll average things out. Much preferred volume one of the tetralogy so let's hope they don't slip further as we head into 3 & 4.Not quite a Japanese Proust (as one reviewer claims) but up there in the monuments of world literature.
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