{"product_id":"yukio-mishima-the-death-of-a-man-9780847868698","title":"Yukio Mishima The Death of a Man","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Yukio Mishima, one of the leading figures in modern literature, \u003ci\u003eThe Death of a Man\u003c\/i\u003e presents a sublime--and often shocking--visual record of the last few months prior to his sensational ritual suicide in November 1970.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author of masterworks such as \u003ci\u003eThe Temple of the Golden Pavilion\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eForbidden Colors\u003c\/i\u003e, Mishima, a celebrated figure in postwar world literature, remains a controversial figure in Japan. His reactionary politics and the spectacular nature of his death had so profoundly impacted Japanese society that images associated with the event were never publicly shown.\u003cbr\u003eIn the months prior to the November incident, he enlisted Kishin Shinoyama to create a photographic, radical work of fiction, a photo essay on the death of the Japanese everyman. In images often suffused with militarism and eroticism, a parade of men, including a sailor, a construction worker, a fisherman, and a soldie","brand":"Rizzoli International Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528206786903,"sku":"9780847868698","price":38.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780847868698.jpg?v=1731870796","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/yukio-mishima-the-death-of-a-man-9780847868698","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}