Runaway horses
by Mishima, Yukio
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0099282895
- ISBN 13
- 9780099282891
- Seller
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Umea, Sweden
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About This Item
Mass Market Paperback. Publisher: Random House UK | 2000 | Mass Market Paperback | 432 p. | This book is brand new. | Series: THE SEA OF FERTILITY | Language: Engelska --- Information regarding the book: Read this classic exploration of political violence, traditional samurai values and right wing nihilism. Isao is a young, engaging patriot, and a fanatical believer in the ancient samurai ethos. He turns terrorist, organising a violent plot against the new industrialists, who he believes are threatening the integrity of Japan and usurping the Emperor's rightful power. As the conspiracy unfolds and unravels, Mishima brilliantly chronicles the conflicts of a decade that saw the fabric of Japanese life torn apart. | We have this book in our store house - please allow for a couple of extra days for delivery.
Synopsis
Runaway Horses is a 1969 novel by Yukio Mishima, the second in his Sea of Fertility tetralogy. Mishima did much research to prepare for this novel, including visiting locations recorded in the book and searching for information on the Shimpūren Rebellion (神風連の乱 Shinpūren no Ran).
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Details
- Bookseller
- h:strom - Text & Kultur AB / Antikvariat & Bokhandel (SE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB-2436248
- Title
- Runaway horses
- Author
- Mishima, Yukio
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0099282895
- ISBN 13
- 9780099282891
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Place of Publication
- Canada
- This edition first published
- March 11, 1999
- Keywords
- politiskt våld, samurajvärden, terrorism, konspiration, Japan
Terms of Sale
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