‘Night and Blood and Death’
The Frolic of the Beasts
by Yukio Mishima, translated from the Japanese by Andrew Clare
May 23, 2019 issue
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John Nathan is Takashima Professor of Japanese Cultural Studies Emeritus at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He has translated novels by Yukio Mishima, Sōseki Natsume, and Kenzaburō Ōe. His books include Mishima: A Biography, Sōseki: Modern Japan’s Greatest Novelist, and Living Carelessly in Tokyo and Elsewhere. (May 2019)
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