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Mishima's late-life militarism and his death tend to overshadow his early work. Both "Confessions of a Mask" and "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" are masterpiec
by QuesnayJr 6y ago
Mishima's late-life militarism and his death tend to overshadow his early work. Both "Confessions of a Mask" and "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" are masterpieces, and you can see the raw impulses that motivated him, before he sublimated them to a political agenda.
- idoubtit 6y agoI agree, and I was disappointed that none of these two masterpieces was mentioned in the article. My personal favorite is "Confession of a mask" for its ambiguous feelings. On the literary side, the article does mention the "Sea of Fertility" tetralogy where the second volume is the most political, with a surprising depiction of an idealistic coup that cannot succeed. But the quality of this tetralogy clearly goes down with each volume.