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Title: Acts of Worship: Seven Stories by Yukio Mishima, John Bester ISBN: 4-7700-2893-8 Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: November, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Bespeak the author's rigid mentality
Comment: Acts Of Worship: Seven Stories is an anthology of short stories by the internationally famous Japanese author Yukio Mishima, who is perhaps most notorious for his dramatic ritual suicide in 1970. Flawlessly translated into English by John Bester, the short stories include: Fountains in the Rain; Raisin Bread; Sword; Sea and Sunset; Cigarette; Martyrdom; and the title piece, Act of Worship, and bespeak the rigid mentality of one born and rigorously raised in the traditions of the samurai caste, long after the era of the samurai. Written with biting insight, sharp ruthlessness and a keen eye for just how much (or how little) human life is worth, Acts Of Worship documents Yukio Mishima as having been an undeniably strong and articulate voice in Japan's modern literary tradition.

Rating: 4
Summary: Colorful.
Comment: This a great collection to get a sense of Mishima's imaginative spectrum of characters and themes. Death and the adolescent psyche are common themes.

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