Music
14.99 €
In stock
Music
14.99 €
"Doctor, why is this happening? I can't hear the music."
Such is the mystery and tragedy of a young woman who, one fine day, presented herself to a Tokyo psychoanalyst and upended his entire understanding of himself and of humanity. Her strange words begin a descent into hell for her, him, and everyone around them—into a twilight world of human feelings, where the secret lives of body, heart, and mind become the subject of intense investigation. On this winding journey, everything is shaky and fickle, lies and omissions repeatedly lead astray, the solution is elusive, and the music itself is hardly music at all. In the darkness of the world, a woman stubbornly and courageously searches for the lost capacity to feel, robbed from her very early by the mindless cruelty of those around her. A woman walks a false path, constantly running into dead ends, hoping only that one day light will suddenly shine into the blackest of abysses—her own soul. And beside her, her loved ones walk in amazement and horror, their own black abysses gaping within them.
Yukio Mishima (1925–1970) was a star of 20th-century literature, the most widely read Japanese author in the world, a brilliant talent renowned both for his works, spanning 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 a failed coup d'etat). "Music" is his late novel, a detective story about the mysteries of the human soul, a journey into the dark depths from which none of us return unchanged.
Such is the mystery and tragedy of a young woman who, one fine day, presented herself to a Tokyo psychoanalyst and upended his entire understanding of himself and of humanity. Her strange words begin a descent into hell for her, him, and everyone around them—into a twilight world of human feelings, where the secret lives of body, heart, and mind become the subject of intense investigation. On this winding journey, everything is shaky and fickle, lies and omissions repeatedly lead astray, the solution is elusive, and the music itself is hardly music at all. In the darkness of the world, a woman stubbornly and courageously searches for the lost capacity to feel, robbed from her very early by the mindless cruelty of those around her. A woman walks a false path, constantly running into dead ends, hoping only that one day light will suddenly shine into the blackest of abysses—her own soul. And beside her, her loved ones walk in amazement and horror, their own black abysses gaping within them.
Yukio Mishima (1925–1970) was a star of 20th-century literature, the most widely read Japanese author in the world, a brilliant talent renowned both for his works, spanning 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 a failed coup d'etat). "Music" is his late novel, a detective story about the mysteries of the human soul, a journey into the dark depths from which none of us return unchanged.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series A Big Novel (Slim Format)