{"product_id":"mishima-a-biography-9780306809774","title":"Mishima: A Biography","description":"At forty-five, Yukio Mishima was the outstanding Japanese writer of his generation, celebrated both at home and abroad for \u003ci\u003eThe Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1970 he startled the world by stepping out onto a balcony in Tokyo before an assembly of troops and plunging a sword into his abdomen; a disciple then beheaded him, completing the ritual of hara-kiri. John Nathan's riveting biography traces the life of this tortured, nearly superhuman personality. Mishima survived a grotesque childhood, and subsequently his sadomasochistic impulses became manifest -- as did an increasing obsession with death as the supreme beauty. Nathan, who knew Mishima professionally and personally, interviewed family, colleagues, and friends to unmask the various -- often seemingly contradictory -- personae of the genius who felt called by \"a glittering destiny no ordinary man would be permitted.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306809774\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 4.98w x 0.90d","brand":"John Nathan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53514231840949,"sku":"9780306809774","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9780306809774.jpg?v=1791903123","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mishima-a-biography-9780306809774","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}