When Hanio Yamada realises the future holds little of worth to him, he puts his life for sale in a Tokyo newspaper, thus unleashing a series of unimaginable exploits. A world of murderous mobsters, hidden cameras, a vampire woman, poisoned carrots, code-breaking, a hopeless junkie heiress and makeshift explosives reveals itself to the unwitting hero. Is there nothing he can do to stop it? Resolving to follow the orders of his would-be purchasers, he comes to understand what life is worth, and whether we can indeed name our price.
Review Yields a rare glimpse of the pulp-fiction flipside that partnered the rhapsodic and mystical Mishima... grotesque, melodramatic, spectacular, utterly silly ― The Times
It's funny and horrific and curious and thoroughly entertaining and should win Mishima a new generation of fans ― The Independent
There is a place in life for the exhilarating, surreal and sometimes downright silly. This novel ticks all the boxes ― Spectator
Succeeds in capturing vividly the bathos of the self-pitying modern nihilist... the absurdity of life is conveyed through the tropes of pulp fiction and manga comics ― The New Statesman
An engaging all-action satire ― The Guardian
A writer of immense energy and ability ― Time Out
About the Author Yukio Mishima was born in 1925 in Tokyo, and is considered one of Japan's most important writers. His books broke social boundaries and taboos at a time when Japan found itself in a state of rapid social change. His interests, besides writing, included body-building, acting and practising as a Samurai. In 1970 he attempted to start a military coup, which failed. Upon realizing this, Mishima performed seppuku, a ritual suicide, upon himself. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature three times.
| ISBN: | 978-0-241-33315-0 |
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| EAN: | 9780241333150 |
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| Počet stran |
188 stran |
| Datum vydání |
17. 6. 2024 |
| Pořadí vydání |
neurčeno |
| Vazba |
kniha, brožovaná vazba |
| Jazyk |
anglický |
| Autor: |
Yukio Mishima |
| Překladatel: |
Stephen Dodd |
| Nakladatelství |
Penguin Classics |
| Tématická skupina |
13 - Krásná literatura |
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