An edition of Confessions of a Mask (1958)

Confessions of a mask.

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An edition of Confessions of a Mask (1958)

Confessions of a mask.

  • 3.9 (9 ratings) ·
  • 128 Want to read
  • 6 Currently reading
  • 15 Have read

A classic of modern Japanese fiction. It is the story of an adolescent who must learn to live with the painful fact that he is unlike other young men. Mishima's protagonist discovers that he is becoming a homosexual in a polite, post-war Japan. To survive, he must live behind a mask of propriety.

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Publisher
New Directions
Language
English, Japanese
Pages
255

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Cover of: Confessions of a mask
Cover of: Confessions of a mask.
Confessions of a mask.
1958, New Directions
in English and Japanese
Cover of: Confessions of a Mask
Confessions of a Mask
Publish date unknown, New Directions Publishing Corporation
Paperback in English

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Edition Notes

Translation of Kamen no Kokuhaku.

Published in
[Norfolk, Conn
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Library of Congress
PZ3.M6878 Co, PL833.I7 C65

The Physical Object

Pagination
255 p.
Number of pages
255

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL6250780M
Internet Archive
confessionsofmas0000mish
LCCN
58012637
OCLC/WorldCat
324822
Library Thing
11809

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL1845165W

First Sentence

"For many years I claimed I could remember things seen at the time of my own birth."

Work Description

Confessions of a Mask is Japanese author Yukio Mishima's second novel. Published in 1949, it launched him to national fame though he was only in his early twenties.

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