The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea
Author: Mishima, Yukio
ISBN: 9780099284796
Publisher: VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
Year First Published: 2000
Pages: 144
Dimensions: 195mm x 130mm x 13mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
'A major work of art' Time
A band of savage thirteen-year-old boys reject the adult world as illusory, hypocritical, and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness they call 'objectivity'. When the mother of one of them begins an affair with a ship's officer, he and his friends idealise the man at first; but it is not long before they conclude that he is in fact soft and romantic. They regard this disallusionment as an act of betrayal on his part - and the retribution is deliberate and horrifying.
ISBN: 9780099284796
Publisher: VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
Year First Published: 2000
Pages: 144
Dimensions: 195mm x 130mm x 13mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
'A major work of art' Time
A band of savage thirteen-year-old boys reject the adult world as illusory, hypocritical, and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness they call 'objectivity'. When the mother of one of them begins an affair with a ship's officer, he and his friends idealise the man at first; but it is not long before they conclude that he is in fact soft and romantic. They regard this disallusionment as an act of betrayal on his part - and the retribution is deliberate and horrifying.
