num_pages: 254
description: Confessions of a Mask is one of the classics of modern Japanese fiction. It is the story of an adolescent who must learn to live with the painful fact that he is unlike other young men. Mishima's protagonist discovers that he is becoming a homosexual in a polite, post-war Japan. To survive, he must live behind a mask of propriety.
language: English
title: Confessions of a Mask
titlecomplete: Confessions of a Mask
characters: Kochan
genres: Fiction, Asia, Queer, LGBT, Japan, Japanese Literature, Literature, Asian Literature, Novels, 20th Century
ratings_count: 28039
places: Japan, Tokyo
publisher: New Directions