Patriotism
By: Yukio Mishima ; translated by Geoffrey W. Sargent
Contributors: Sargent, Geoffrey W.
Series: NDP -- 1163; New Directions pearl -- 1163.
Publisher: New Directions Pearl
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 57
ISBN-13: 9780811218542; 9780811213127
Subjects: Fiction; Soldiers; Suicide; History
Work titles: Yūkoku
Description: A lieutenant in the Japanese army comes home to his wife and informs her that his closest friends have become mutineers. He and his beautiful loyal wife decide to end their lives together. In unwavering detail Mishima describes Shinji and Reiko making love for the last time and the couple's seppuku that follows.
Notes: Translated from the Japanese.

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