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Praise for Voices of the Fallen Heroes

Arresting ... Here, in brutal, brilliant prose, we see a vivid manifestation of Mishima’s obsession with slaughter as a form of art, one that distils his hallmark preoccupations of death and beauty into a singularly ...

Bryan Karetnyk, Times Literary Supplement

Mesmerising... wonderfully realised in English... Each one of the stories merits its inclusion in this collection, but two in particular stand out as masterpieces. 'The Flower Hat' is a miracle of compressed tension ...

David Vernon, Spectator

In the turbulent sea of the master Yukio Mishima's literature, these stories are waves of fury, desire and delicious cruelty, always kissed by beauty and death. The ghosts and the violence that haunted his last deca ...

Mariana Enríquez

Arresting ... Here, in brutal, brilliant prose, we see a vivid manifestation of Mishima’s obsession with slaughter as a form of art, one that distils his hallmark preoccupations of death and beauty into a singularly ...

Bryan Karetnyk, Times Literary Supplement

Mesmerising... wonderfully realised in English... Each one of the stories merits its inclusion in this collection, but two in particular stand out as masterpieces. 'The Flower Hat' is a miracle of compressed tension ...

David Vernon, Spectator

In the turbulent sea of the master Yukio Mishima's literature, these stories are waves of fury, desire and delicious cruelty, always kissed by beauty and death. The ghosts and the violence that haunted his last deca ...

Mariana Enríquez

Arresting ... Here, in brutal, brilliant prose, we see a vivid manifestation of Mishima’s obsession with slaughter as a form of art, one that distils his hallmark preoccupations of death and beauty into a singularly ...

Bryan Karetnyk, Times Literary Supplement

Mesmerising... wonderfully realised in English... Each one of the stories merits its inclusion in this collection, but two in particular stand out as masterpieces. 'The Flower Hat' is a miracle of compressed tension ...

David Vernon, Spectator

In the turbulent sea of the master Yukio Mishima's literature, these stories are waves of fury, desire and delicious cruelty, always kissed by beauty and death. The ghosts and the violence that haunted his last deca ...

Mariana Enríquez

Books by Yukio Mishima

Series by Yukio Mishima

Japanese Classics

The finest editions available of the world's greatest classics from Homer to Achebe, Tolstoy to Ishiguro, Proust to Pullman, printed on a fine acid-free, cream-wove paper that will not discolour with age, with sewn, full cloth bindings and silk ribbon markers, and at remarkably low prices. All books include substantial introductions by major scholars and contemporary writers, and comparative chronologies of literary and historical context.

Articles featuring Yukio Mishima

Reading lists
Where to start reading Yukio Mishima’s books

Where to start reading Yukio Mishima’s books

From haunting psychological novels to captivating short stories, explore the world of Japanese literary icon Yukio Mishima with our essential reading guide.

Reading lists
6 Japanese classics to read in Spring

6 Japanese classics to read in Spring