num_pages: 206
description: One of the classics of modern Japanese fiction.Confessions of a Mask 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 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: 20th Century, Literature, Asian Literature, Queer, Japan, Novels, Asia, Japanese Literature, LGBT, Fiction
ratings_count: 28040
places: Japan, Tokyo
publisher: Panther