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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,
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Death in Midsummer
"Death in Midsummer" is a collection of short stories written by the author in the 1940s and 1950s. It contains 11 short stories in total. "Death in Midsummer" was created in 1952. It was conceived by the author based on a true story he heard in Kanaihama, Izu. It depicts the joys and sorrows of lovers, life and death, and is a tear-jerking novel. "Tobacco" is his famous masterpiece and was recommended by Kawabata Yasunari. The work depicts the social, political, cultural and other realities of
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Golden Pavilion Temple
The young Mizoguchi was born with a stammer. He was withdrawn since childhood and loved the Golden Temple. After his father's death, he followed his last wish and became a monk at the Kinkakuji Temple. During the war, he imagined that the Golden Temple would be destroyed by air raids, but the war never affected Kyoto. At school, he befriended Kashiwagi, who was lustful and had a disabled foot. After successive encounters with the death of his friend Tsurukawa and the indecency of the abbot, he f
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Hunger for Love
In a remote manor, the newly widowed daughter-in-law Etsuko lives. In the trough of jealousy and desire, she fell in love with the gardener Saburo, and took big steps every time. She doesn't want to be rescued, but wants to pursue the deepest feelings in the world. Perhaps, everyone has an impulse. Faced with loneliness, we desperately ask for love. But love is like flowing water, what you get is just luck, and what you lose is life.
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