The Life and Death of Yukio Mishima

Novelist, playwright, film actor, martial artist, and political commentator, Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) was arguably the most famous person in Japan at the time of his death. Henry Scott Stokes, one of Mishima's closest friends, was the only non-Japanese allowed to attend the trial of the men involved in Mishima's spectacular suicide. In this insightful and empathetic look at the writer, Stokes guides the reader through the milestones of Mishima's meteoric and eclectic career and delves into the artist's major works and themes. This biography skillfully and compassionately illuminates the achievements and disquieting ideas of a brilliant and deeply troubled man, an artist of whom Nobel Laureate Yasunari Kawabata had said, "A writer of Mishima's caliber comes along only once every two or three hundred years."

Author: Henry Scott Stokes
Publisher: Cooper Square Press
Published: 08/08/2000
Pages: 350
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.05w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780815410744
ISBN10: 0815410743
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures

About the Author
Henry Scott Stokes is a noted journalist who has worked for both the New York Times and the London Times. Most recently, he has edited an anthology entitled The Kwangju Uprising: Eyewitness Press Accounts of Korea's Tiananmen. He lives in Tokyo.