Book Details
⚡️Book Title : Confessions of a Mask
⚡Book Author : Yukio Mishima
⚡Page : 224 pages
⚡Published October 27th 1998 by Peter Owen (first published 1949)
Confessions of a Mask - Confessions of a Mask tells the story of Kochan, an adolescent boy tormented by his burgeoning attraction to men: he wants to be normal. Kochan is meek-bodied, and unable to participate in the more athletic activities of his classmates. He begins to notice his growing attraction to some of the boys in his class, particularly the pubescent body of his friend Omi. To hide his homosexuality, he courts a woman, Sonoko, but this exacerbates his feelings for men. As news of the War reaches Tokyo, Kochan considers the fate of Japan and his place within its deeply rooted propriety. Confessions of a Mask reflects Mishimas own coming of age in post-war Japan. Its publication in English?praised by Gore Vidal, James Baldwin, and Christopher Isherwood?propelled the young Yukio Mishima to international fame.
Confessions of a Mask
Confessions of a Mask tells the story of Kochan, an adolescent boy tormented by his burgeoning attraction to men: he wants to be normal. Kochan is meek-bodied, and unable to participate in the more athletic activities of his classmates. He begins to notice his growing attraction to some of the boys in his class, particularly the pubescent body of his friend Omi. To hide his homosexuality, he courts a woman, Sonoko, but this exacerbates his feelings for men. As news of the War reaches Tokyo, Kochan considers the fate of Japan and his place within its deeply rooted propriety. Confessions of a Mask reflects Mishimas own coming of age in post-war Japan. Its publication in English?praised by Gore Vidal, James Baldwin, and Christopher Isherwood?propelled the young Yukio Mishima to international fame.
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