House of Kyoko

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Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) - star of 1950th century literature, the world's most read Japanese author, possessor of a brilliant talent, famous both for his works of the widest range and variety of genres (novels, plays, short stories, essays), and for his stunning biography (obsession with bodybuilding , far-right political inclinations, hara-kiri after a failed attempt at a monarchist coup). Kyoko's House is the story of four young people who frequent the salon (or parishioners of a temple) ruled by the mistress (or priestess) Kyoko. These four are the four facets of the author himself: a subtle, innocent artist; an energetic boxer obsessed with sports; an unclaimed narcissistic actor, mesmerized by his beauty; and a businessman who, pretending to be a careerist, professes nihilism, despises reality and believes in the inevitable end of the world. And with them, Kyoko is their mirror, their guide on their journey through the hell of modernity, the mistress of the house where they all find shelter and can open their souls. In the courtyard of the first half of the XNUMXs - the post-war period in Japan has ended, prosperity is already taking root and gradually growing out of devastation, but all five do not trust modernity and, looking from Kyoko's balcony, they see only ruins. The new age is a wall, a dead end, "a gigantic gap, shapeless and colorless, like a reflection of the summer sky in a mirror," as the critics wrote; a decade and a half later, the same intonation will sound from Hubert Selby Jr. The four guests and Kyoko will find success for a short time, but after success, fall, disappointment, and death are inevitable. One day, the doors of Kyoko's house will close. The end of the world is inevitable. We all still live in its threshold. To this day, fans are looking forward to the translation of this novel into English, and we are publishing it in Russian for the first time.

Barcode: 9785389226845 SKU: 70171152 Category:
Publication language: Russian

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