Yukio Mishima

三島由紀夫

In this masterpiece of the sexual Gothic, Yukio Mishima creates a portrait ofobsessive love and corrosive jealousy among a young widow, her father-in-law, and a domestic servant.

Thirst for Love

Etsuko, a young widow living in postwar Osaka, Japan, falls prey to the sexual advances of her father-in-law and becomes the victim of her compulsion to both love and hurt a young farm worker. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

i need to see the inside of etsuko’s brain

ayoni

Simon Elliott Stegall

Mishima's second novel; moments of his coming genius shine through, but overall its a youthful and uneven effort.

Maxime van der Wal

4-4.5 stars
I absolutely adore how brutally honest Mishima’s writing is. He has mastered the art of metaphors as well. Definitely one of my top authors!!!

Maia Feruzi

Dark and slippery and quiet. The meaning of the words I was reading felt constantly out of reach and forever on the tip of my tongue. This was a book you read twice just by reading it once, and a story you don’t forget.

Thirst for Love

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