Nine short stories by the Japanese literary genius provide insights into the struggles and problems of his contemporary countrymen.

'Was it death he was now waiting for? Or a wild ecstasy of the senses?' For the young army officer of Yukio Mishima's seminal story, 'Patriotism, ' death and ec

"Reveals another side of Mishima's skill with words: his delicacy and subtlety." -The New York Times "A startlingly original collection of stories by a world cl

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For years Kazu has run her fashionable restaurant with a combination of charm and shrewdness - then she falls in love. The man is one of her clients, an aristoc