The Play of Beasts (work Series by Yukio Mishima)
by H
About This Novel
The play of a wild beast that coexists sweetness and evil. Published for the first time in the world in simplified Chinese. Yukio Mishima's "The Play of Beasts" is in the same vein as "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" and is extremely symbolistic. Love disputes appear on the surface, but in fact they explore the darkness deep in human nature: a young man (Koji) breaks into the life of a couple (Yipei, Yuko) whose marriage is not satisfactory, and falls in love with his wife. Koji was imprisoned for attacking Yihei. After he was released from prison, Yuko took him to the fishing island where the couple took refuge. The three of them lived together, and the peaceful small fishing island began to quietly fill with a morbid atmosphere. After the attack, Yiping lost the ability to speak and became very demented. Koji decided to become a repentant person, but the relationship between the three became more ambiguous and tense than before the accident. Yiping's silence and Yuko's aloofness push the restless Koji to the extreme of emotion, and finally the three of them usher in destruction...
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