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My Friend Hitler

And Other Plays

My Friend Hitler( )
Author: Mishima, Yukio
Edited and Translated by: Sato, Hiroaki
ISBN:978-0-231-12632-8
Publication Date:Nov 2002
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $105.00
Book Description:

Acclaimed Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) was also a prolific playwright, penning more than sixty plays, nearly all of which were produced in his lifetime. Hiroaki Sato is the first to translate these plays into English. For this collection he has selected five major plays and three essays Mishima wrote about drama. The title play is a satire that follows the breakdown of friendship between Adolf Hitler and two Nazi officials who were ultimately assassinated under orders...
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Book Details
Pages:304
Detailed Subjects: Drama / Asian / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.24 x 8.97 Inches
Book Weight:2.682 Pounds
Author Biography
Mishima, Yukio (Author)
Yukio Mishima, the pseudonym for Hiraoka Kimitake, was born in Tokyo in 1925. His work covers many styles: poetry, essays, modern Kabuki ja Noh drama, and novels. Among his masterpieces are The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, and the four-volume novel Sea of Fertility, which outlines the Japanese experience in the 20th century. Each of the four volumes in this series has a distinct title--Spring Snow, Runaway Horses, The Temple of Dawn, and Five Signs of a God's Decay--and they were published over a six-year period, from 1965-1970. Mishima's plays include Tenth Day Chrysanthemum, and the Kabuki piece The Moon Like a Drawn Bow.

Although Mishima was been nominated three times for the Nobel Prize for Literature, he never received it. Nevertheless, he is considered by many critics as one of the most important Japanese novelists of the 20th century.

Yukio Mishima died by his own hand in 1970, committing seppuku (ritual disembowelment).

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