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Acts of Worship
Seven Stories
by Yukio Mishima
ISBN: 0870118242
ISBN-13: 9780870118241
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Nineteen years after Mishima's ritual death in 1970 at the age of 45 comes this collection of his short fiction.
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"Most of the elements in Yukio Mishima's novels and in his own brief, dazzling life-homoeroticism, women as objects, muscle sports, worship of the body, death games-are foretold in 'Acts of Worship,' a thoughtful collection of the Japanese writer's short fiction....The seven stories in 'Acts of Worship' affirm his strengths. He captured the mood of a generation in transition from the rubble of defeat to the troubled personal conduct caused by a changing postwar society....At the same time that the short stories in 'Acts of Worship' are peculiarly Japanese in settings and attitudes, they convey a universality of emotion that American readers can find enlightening about a changing, ordered society-even possibly about their own." -- Herbert Mitgang
-- New York Times
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Kodansha Amer Inc
Published date: 1995
Size: 4.75 x 7.5 inches
Weight: 0.4 pounds
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Acts of Worship: Seven Stories (Japan's Modern Writers)
Mishima, Yukio
Kodansha America. Mass Market PaperBack. 0870118242 A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. 1995 Kodansha America Mass Market PaperBack . Very Good. 1995. ( more information) Offered by Seashellbooks.com, Inc. (United States)
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Acts of Worship
Mishima, Yukio
New York:: Kodansha International:, 1990,. Paperback reprint, Fine,. ( more information) Offered by Ziesing Books (United States)
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Acts of Worship: Seven Stories (Japan's Modern Writers)
Mishima, Yukio
Kodansha America. PAPERBACK. 0870118242 Pub date: 1995. Condition: Very Good. Has moderate shelf wear. Great used condition. A portion of your purchase of this book will be donated to non-profit organizations. We are a tested and proven company with over 300,000 satisfied customers since 1997 . Very Good. 1995. ( more information) Offered by The Book Cellar (United States)
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Acts of Worship: Seven Stories
Mishima, Yukio; Bester, John (Translator)
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Kodansha America, Incorporated, 1990. As New Tight clean copy. Very minor edge wear. No spine crease. Appears unread. Collector's condition.. ISBN: 0870118242. Mass Market Paperback. Fine/Unknown. FICTION SHORT STORIES SINGLE AUTHOR NEAR FAR EASTERN FICTIONAL WORKS LITERARY. ( more information) Offered by books etc... (Canada)
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Acts of Worship : Seven Stories
Mishima, Yukio; Bester, John, tr
Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International. 1989. 3rd Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Contents: Fountains in the rain -- Raisin bread -- Sword -- Sea and sunset -- Cigarette -- Martyrdom -- Act of worship. ( more information) Offered by The Whodunit Company (United States)
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Acts of Worship
Mishima, Yukio
Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Kodansha Amer Inc, 1995. Immaculate copy. NOT a remainder. Likely unread. Binding and wrap tight-as-can-be. Perfect edges and corners to clean glossy wrap. Excellent head and heel to spine. Absolutley no creasing to spine which is very presentable for shelf. Hinge and wrap without creasing. Pages clean, crisp and white. Absolutley no writing, stains or marks of any kind inside or out. Page edges tight and even with sharp corners. No fingerprints or blemishes to pages or page edges. An immaculate, flawless copy of which a photo is available upon request.. Soft Cover. Fine. ( more information) Offered by The New England Book Cellar (United States)
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Acts of Worship: Seven Stories (Japan's Modern Writers)
Mishima, Yukio
Kodansha America. PAPERBACK. 0870118242 New with very slight shelf wear from time on shelf (like you'd see at a major chain). We ship daily, provide personalized customer service and want you to have a great experience purchasing from us. Thank you for your consideration. . New. ( more information) Offered by BennettBooksLtd (United States)
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