The Decay of the Angel: The Sea of Fertility, 4 -- Yukio Mishima, Paperback
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The final installment of the masterful tetralogy, The Sea of Fertility, finds Shigekuni Honda an elderly wealthy man in the 1960s, adopting a teenage orphan whom he is convinced is the reincarnation of his childhood friend. - "One of the best final scenes in the history of the novel." --David Mitchell, The New York Times Book Review Honda, now an aged and wealthy man, once more encounters a person he believes to be a reincarnation of his friend, Kiyoaki Matsugae--this time restored to life as a teenage orphan, Tōru. Adopting the boy as his heir, Honda quickly finds that Tōru is a force to be reckoned with. The final novel of this celebrated tetralogy weaves together the dominant themes of the previous three novels in the series: the decay of Japan's courtly tradition; the essence and value of Buddhist philosophy and aesthetics; and, underlying all, Mishima's apocalyptic vision of the modern era.
The Decay of the Angel: The Sea of Fertility, 4 -- Yukio Mishima, Paperback
$16.00
Author: Yukio Mishima
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 4/14/1990
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48 lbs
Size: 8.02" H x 5.23" L x 0.66" W
ISBN: 9780679722434