57 pages

English language

Published Jan. 1, 2010 by New Directions Pearl.

ISBN:
978-0-8112-1854-2
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OCLC Number:
317919580

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A lieutenant in the Japanese army comes home to his wife and informs her that his closest friends have become mutineers. He and his beautiful loyal wife decide to end their lives together. In unwavering detail Mishima describes Shinji and Reiko making love for the last time and the couple's seppuku that follows.

2 editions

Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Soldiers
  • Suicide
  • History

Places

  • Japan