Runaway Horses

Author(s): Yukio Mishima; Michael Gallagher (translator)

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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."

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The second novel in Mishima's masterful Sea of Fertility tetraology

Yukio Mishima was born into a samurai family and imbued with the code of complete control over mind and body, and loyalty to the Emperor - the same code that produced the austerity and self-sacrifice of Zen. He wrote countless stories and thirty-three plays, in some of which he performed. Several films have been made from his novels, including The Sound of Waves, Enjo which was based on The Temple of the Golden Pavilion and The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea. Among his other works are the novels Confessions of a Mask and Thirst for Love and the short story collections Death in Midsummer and Acts of Worship. The Sea of Fertility tetralogy, however, is his masterpiece. After Mishima conceived the idea of The Sea of Fertility in 1964, he frequently said he would die when it was completed. On 25 November 1970, the day he completed The Decay of the Angel, the last novel of the cycle, Mishima committed seppuku (ritual suicide) at the age of forty-five.

General Fields

  • : 9780099282891
  • : Random House
  • : Vintage
  • : 0.298
  • : September 2000
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 26mm
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Yukio Mishima; Michael Gallagher (translator)
  • : Paperback
  • : 0010/2
  • : English
  • : 895.6/35
  • : very good
  • : 432
  • : FA