{"product_id":"9781784875428","title":"The Sailor Who Fell from Grace With the Sea (Vintage Classics Japanese Series)","description":"Author: Mishima, Yukio \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781784875428 \u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK \u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2019 \u003cbr\u003ePages: 144 \u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 188mm x 135mm x 12mm \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003eVINTAGE JAPANESE CLASSICS - following on from the success of Vintage Russian Classics and European Classics, these are covetable new editions of the best Japanese writers on the Vintage list\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Mishima's greatest novel, and one of the greatest of the past century'\u003ci\u003e The Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey regard this disillusionment as an act of betrayal on his part - and the retribution is deliberate and horrifying.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVINTAGE JAPANESE CLASSICS - five masterpieces of Japanese fiction in gorgeous new gift editions.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45496522735774,"sku":"UBD-9781784875428","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781784875428.jpg?v=1748230944","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781784875428","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}