Yukio Mishima

Citations

• “All my life I have been acutely aware of a contradiction in the very nature of my existence. For forty-five years I struggled to resolve this dilemma by writing plays and novels. The more I wrote, the more I realized mere words were not enough. So I found another form of expression.”

• “I want to make a poem of my life.”

• “The most appropriate type of daily life for me was a day-by-day world destruction; peace was the most difficult and abnormal state to live in.”

• “There is no virtue in curiosity. In fact, it might be the most immoral desire a man can possess.”

• “At no time are we ever in such complete possession of a journey, down to its last nook and cranny, as when we are busy with preparations for it. After that, there remains only the journey itself, which is nothing but the process through which we lose our ownership of it.”

Les livres de Yukio Mishima dans l'ordre

Les livres de Yukio Mishima dans l'ordre de parution, de Ai No Kawaki (1951) à Life for Sale (2019).

1. 1Ai No KawakiAi No Kawaki1951
2. 2Le tumulte des flotsLe tumulte des flots1954
3. 3The Sound of WavesThe Sound of Waves1956
4. 4Five Modern No PlaysFive Modern No Plays1957
5. 5Confessions of a MaskConfessions of a Mask1958
6. 6Utage No AtoUtage No Ato1960
7. 7Forbidden ColoursForbidden Colours1964
8. 8Le Marin rejeté par la merLe Marin rejeté par la mer1965
9. 9Death in Midsummer, and Other StoriesDeath in Midsummer, and Other Stories1966
10. 10Hōjō No UmiHōjō No Umi1968
    Ce qu'il contient (4)

    • [1] Spring Snow, Translated by M. Gallagher
    • [2] Runaway Horses, Translated by M. Gallagher
    • [3] The Temple of Dawn Translated by E. D. Saunders and C. S. Seigle
    • [4] The Decay of the Angel, Translated by E. G. Seidensticker
11. 11Spring Snow. Translated from the Japanese by Michael GallaghSpring Snow. Translated from the Japanese by Michael Gallagher1969
12. 12Sun & SteelSun & Steel1970
13. 13Sun and SteelSun and Steel1970
14. 14Spring SnowSpring Snow1972
15. 15My Friend Hitler and Other Plays of Mishima YukioMy Friend Hitler and Other Plays of Mishima Yukio2002
16. 16La Escuela De La CarneLa Escuela De La Carne2012
17. 17Life for SaleLife for Sale2019
18. 18Acts of WorshipActs of Worship
    Ce qu'il contient (8)

    • Fountains in the Rain
    • Raisin Bread
    • Sword
    • Sea and Sunset
    • Cigarette
    • Martyrdom
    • Act of Worship
    • Cock
19. 19PatriotismPatriotism
20. 20Runaway HorsesRunaway Horses
21. 21The Temple of the Golden PavilionThe Temple of the Golden Pavilion
22. 22The Way of the SamuraiThe Way of the Samurai