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The Decay of the Angel: The Sea of Fertility, 4
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Series: Vintage International
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ISBN10: 0679722432
ISBN13: 9780679722434
Publisher: Vintage
Published: Apr 14 1990
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.66 Width: 5.23 Depth: 8.02
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780679722434
Publisher: Vintage
Published: Apr 14 1990
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.66 Width: 5.23 Depth: 8.02
Language: English
The final installment of the masterful tetralogy, The Sea of Fertility, finds Shigekuni Honda an elderly wealthy man in the 1960s, adopting a teenage orphan whom he is convinced is the reincarnation of his childhood friend. - One of the best final scenes in the history of the novel. --David Mitchell, The New York Times Book Review
Honda, now an aged and wealthy man, once more encounters a person he believes to be a reincarnation of his friend, Kiyoaki Matsugae--this time restored to life as a teenage orphan, Tōru. Adopting the boy as his heir, Honda quickly finds that Tōru is a force to be reckoned with. The final novel of this celebrated tetralogy weaves together the dominant themes of the previous three novels in the series: the decay of Japan's courtly tradition; the essence and value of Buddhist philosophy and aesthetics; and, underlying all, Mishima's apocalyptic vision of the modern era.
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