![]() The essential philosophy behind Mishima’s work is that, because gay men have no need for women, they are simply objects to be hated. It’s something of a slap to the face, then, to read a novel that seems to hate women so much. Since reading this post, I’ve been trying to think more about how women are represented in fiction, both by women who write, and by men who write. As with the best laid plans, however, things begin to go wrong. And so using the young man, Yuichi, he begins to plot his revenge. ![]() On the contrary, he sees this as an opportunity to destroy the lives of the women in his life who have wronged him. When an old writer, Shunsuké Hinoki, discovers the young girl he’s having an affair with at the beach with a beautiful young man, he is not angry. I’m also impressed that one of the great post-war novelists in Japan is gay, so finding one of his novels that deals with this head-on, I had to give it a go. But as a person, he continues to fascinate me – particularly the tension in his life between his hard right-wing views, and his sexuality. ![]() I’ve read him before, but was left cold, feeling that he tends more towards philosophy than literature, if that makes sense. Mishima is one of the big names in post-war Japanese fiction. ![]()
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