After the banquet
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After the banquet
9.99 €
Kazu, a young, gorgeous, independent and direct Kazu, the owner of a restaurant frequented by conservative politicians, falls in love with the aging former diplomat Noguchi, a sophisticated reformist, and becomes his wife. What could possibly go wrong? If the former diplomat returns to politics, heeding the appeals of a party that isn't the most popular, just about everything. Indiscretion versus moral purity, loyalty to a husband versus fidelity to principles - when the political turns personal, the family becomes a battlefield, love is at risk of becoming a victim, and the threat of losing independence can be more terrifying than the coming loneliness. Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) was a star of 20th century literature, the most widely read Japanese author in the world, 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, extreme right-wing political views, hara-kiri after a failed attempt at a monarchical coup). In After the Banquet (1960), Mishima wanted to show how love develops, is transformed, distorted and undermined by politics, and the publication caused a major scandal in Japanese political and secular circles. Former Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita, who recognized himself in Noguchi, sued Mishima for violating his right to privacy, and Mishima lost the trial - the first case in Japan on writers' freedom of speech - which, according to some critics, killed Japanese satire as a genre at the root.
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