The Sound of Waves

183 pages

English language

Published May 13, 2000

ISBN:
978-0-09-928998-2
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4 stars (1 review)

The Sound of Waves (潮騒, Shiosai) is a 1954 novel by the Japanese author Yukio Mishima. It is a coming-of-age story of the protagonist Shinji and his romance with Hatsue, the beautiful daughter of the wealthy ship owner Terukichi. For this book, Mishima was awarded the Shincho Prize from Shinchosha Publishing in 1954. It has been adapted for film five times.

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Yukio Mishima's 'The Sound of Waves'. In Review.

My nervousness upon opening the book was dictated by a message scrawled in my copies front cover:

"To Andy, from Chris.

I was told that this is Mishima's best book - reading the 'blurb' "A novel of young love" etc, I'm not so sure! Hope it's O.K. anyway."

Young love. I felt indifferent - neither for or against the premise. I hoped that the 'young love' of ‘The Sound of Waves’ would be very different to the romcoms of today - and it is, though, it treads a worn path. The synopsis on the rear of the front cover says it best:

"Nevertheless, like the tales of Daphnis and Chloe and of Aucassin and Nicolette, it is a universal story that might have happened anywhere."

Indeed, it could have happened anywhere. The structure of the tale would …