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020			_a9780099284574(pbk.)
082			_a895.63 _bMIS
100			_aMishima, Yukio _99141
245			_aThe decay of the angel
260			_aLondon _bVintage Books _c2001
300			_a236p.
520			_aYukio Mishima's The Decay of the Angel is the final novel in his masterful tetralogy, The Sea of Fertility. It is the last installment of Shigekuni Honda's pursuit of the successive reincarnations of his childhood friend Kiyoaki Matsugae. It is the late 1960s and Honda, now an aged and wealthy man, once more encounters a person he believes to be a reincarnation of his friend, Kiyoaki -- this time restored to life as a teenage orphan, Tōru. Adopting the boy as his heir, Honda quickly finds that Tōru is a force to be reckoned with. The final novel of this celebrated tetralogy weaves together the dominant themes of the previous three novels in the series: the decay of Japan's courtly tradition; the essence and value of Buddhist philosophy and aesthetics; and, underlying all, Mishima's apocalyptic vision of the modern era."--Publisher's description
650			_aJapan _9651
650			_aAdoption _99891
650			_aJapanese fiction _93689
942			_cBK
999			_c9650 _d9650