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Star
language: english
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PENGUIN BOOKS LTD, April of 2019 ‧
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SYNOPSIS
A haunting novella of fame and disillusionment by a Japanese literary icon
All eyes are upon Rikio. And he likes it, mostly. His fans cheer from a roped-off section, screaming and yelling to attract his attention.
They would kill for a moment alone with him. Finally the director sets up the shot, the camera begins to roll, someone yells "action"; Rikio, for a moment, transforms into another being, a hardened young yakuza, but as soon as the shot is finished, he slumps back into his own anxieties and obsessions. Written shortly after Yukio Mishima himself had acted in the film Afraid to Die, this novella is a rich and unflinching psychological portrait of a celebrity coming apart at the seams as the absurdity of his existence comes sharply into focus.
With exquisite, vivid prose, Star begs the question: is there ever any escape from how we are seen by others?
All eyes are upon Rikio. And he likes it, mostly. His fans cheer from a roped-off section, screaming and yelling to attract his attention.
They would kill for a moment alone with him. Finally the director sets up the shot, the camera begins to roll, someone yells "action"; Rikio, for a moment, transforms into another being, a hardened young yakuza, but as soon as the shot is finished, he slumps back into his own anxieties and obsessions. Written shortly after Yukio Mishima himself had acted in the film Afraid to Die, this novella is a rich and unflinching psychological portrait of a celebrity coming apart at the seams as the absurdity of his existence comes sharply into focus.
With exquisite, vivid prose, Star begs the question: is there ever any escape from how we are seen by others?
DETAILS
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| ISBN: | 9780241383476 |
| Publisher: | PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
| Release Date: | April of 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Dimensions: | 115 x 168 x 24 mm |
| Cover: | Softcover |
| Pages: | 96 |
| Format: | Book |
| Collection: | Penguin Modern |
| Categories: |
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| EAN: | 9780241383476 |
REVIEWS
"Star" de Yukio Mishima
Sofia A.
"Star" trata de uma pequena história sobre um actor - uma estrela - no auge da sua carreira, que se depara com verdadeira dimensão da sua vida. Este livro foi uma verdadeira surpresa, subtilmente cheio de camadas. Uma obra que ficou comigo. Foi o meu primeiro contacto com o trabalho de Mishima, mas certamente não será o último!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Yukio Mishima
Yukio Mishima, novelist and playwright, pseudonym of Kimitake Hiraoka, was born in Tokyo in 1925 and committed suicide in a highly publicized manner, practicing the Japanese ritual. seppukuOn November 25, 1970, he expressed his disagreement with the abandonment of Japanese traditions and the uncritical acceptance of Western consumerist models. The idealism that shapes his work and guides his life is rooted in the military and spiritual traditionalism of the samurai, and his conception of art is linked to a high cult of the soul and the body. Mishima is one of the best-known Japanese writers, repeatedly nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, and author of unforgettable works such as... Confessions of a Mask (1949), The Golden Temple (1956) or The Sailor QWho Lost the Grace of the Sea (1963).
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