A girl from a good family
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A girl from a good family
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Kasumi grows up in a well-off family: her father is a high-ranking official, her mother is a traditional housewife, her older brother has just happily married, and she is pampered, cherished, and discreetly introduced to promising and reliable young men among her father's subordinates in the hopes of marrying her off. Kasumi attends university, laughs at her romantic best friend, and is untroubled by any sorrows, yet somehow feels uneasy. And when Kasumi accidentally discovers that one of the promising and reliable young men isn't so reliable after all, but rather an inspired heartthrob, she secretly strikes up a friendship with him, watching his adventures with a certain irony, assuring herself that she's certainly not jealous or in the least bit in love...
Yukio Mishima (1925–1970) was a star of 20th-century literature, the most widely read Japanese author in the world, a possessor of a brilliant talent, renowned both for his works, which span a wide range and variety of genres (novels, plays, short stories, essays), and for his stunning biography (an obsession with bodybuilding, extreme right-wing political views, and hara-kiri after an unsuccessful attempt at a monarchical coup).
The novel "A Girl from a Good Family," successfully adapted into a film by director Taro Yuge a year after its publication, is an example of Mishima's later prose, a mirror room, a subtle comedy, a satire on Japanese intellectuals, and a profound analysis of the transformation of a young woman in marriage.
Yukio Mishima (1925–1970) was a star of 20th-century literature, the most widely read Japanese author in the world, a possessor of a brilliant talent, renowned both for his works, which span a wide range and variety of genres (novels, plays, short stories, essays), and for his stunning biography (an obsession with bodybuilding, extreme right-wing political views, and hara-kiri after an unsuccessful attempt at a monarchical coup).
The novel "A Girl from a Good Family," successfully adapted into a film by director Taro Yuge a year after its publication, is an example of Mishima's later prose, a mirror room, a subtle comedy, a satire on Japanese intellectuals, and a profound analysis of the transformation of a young woman in marriage.
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