The Sailor Who Fell From Grace: the 90th Anniversary of Yukio Mishima
Category: QUEER VOICES
Yukio Mishima's suicide in November 1970, with its grim invocation of samurai machismo, is probably the most famous moment of his legend. It overshadows everything else, including Mishima's three nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
By Mark Adnum, ContributorContributor, 2015-01-13