Tianya Story

★A thorough human nature is constructed in a space of romance and suspense★ Thirteen short stories written by Yukio Mishima, a master of contemporary Japanese literature, from his youth to middle age for more than 20 years, are small and concise in length, with rich and circuitous themes. Feel Mishima's rich and full expressions ★"Mishima is a lonely modern artist who uses gorgeous armor of language to wrap up his slender and fragile body. He bets everything on the world of language." "For him, life is 'language' and 'language' is life." The immature body has become a prisoner of 'language'. It is in this kind of place that Mishima Yukio's happiness and misfortune were nurtured as the starting point for life and literature. "——Nojima Hidekatsu (Japanese literary critic) "Tales from the End of the World" is a short story written by Yukio Mishima. It is based on the past memories of when I was eleven years old and vacationed with my family on the coast of Sagiura on the Boso Peninsula. It is written in the first person and follows the memories. Because I refused my father's request for swimming practice, "I" met a young man and woman on the Cape. They played a hide-and-seek game with "me", and while "I" was blindfolded and counting, a sound like a noble bird's call came from the cape. When "I" went to look for them, there was no trace of them. Although I was young, "I" also knew that they ended their lives by sacrificing their lives for love. After that, "I" was scolded by my father for not learning to swim, but I felt incredibly satisfied because "I" remembered a real life-threatening incident. The other twelve short stories in the book span different periods and have different themes. By reading this book, you can find out the author's writing methods and ideas that are consistent and gradually developed in his early and mature short stories.