Forbidden Colours

Yukio Mishima, Alfred H. Marks

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Penguin
19 November 2008

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Fiction in translation

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

A Japenese masterpiece, reissued in Modern Classics

Written when Mishima was only twentysix, Forbidden Colors is a depiction of a male homosexual relationship, in which a rich older man buys the love of a young man who is stunningly handsome but who lacks the ability to love. As in Mann's Death in Venice, the older man's longing for the beauty of youth is associated with aestheticism and death.

By: Yukio Mishima
Translated by: Alfred H. Marks
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 317g
ISBN: 9780141189567
ISBN 10: 0141189568
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 19 November 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) is considered by many critics as the most important Japanese novelist of the 20th century. Mishima's works include 40 novels, poetry, essays, and modern Kabuki and Noh dramas. He was three times nominated for the Nobel Prize for literature. Among his masterpieces is The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (1956). The tetralogy The Sea of Fertility (1965-70) is regarded by many as Mishima's most lasting achievement.