Pulp novel by Mishima gets first English translation

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Pulp novel by Mishima gets first English translation Aug 14, 2019 13:14:29 GMT nutsberryfarm 🏜, amyghost, and 1 more like this

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Post by Carl LaFong on Aug 14, 2019 13:14:29 GMT

www.theguardian.com/books/2019/aug/08/life-for-sale-yukio-mishima-review

Life for Sale by Yukio Mishima review – a Japanese pulp classic

An engaging all-action satire on 1960s Tokyo consumerism receives its first English translation

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Pulp novel by Mishima gets first English translation Aug 14, 2019 16:14:17 GMT Carl LaFong likes this

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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Aug 14, 2019 16:14:17 GMT

Aug 14, 2019 13:14:29 GMT Carl LaFong said:

www.theguardian.com/books/2019/aug/08/life-for-sale-yukio-mishima-review

Life for Sale by Yukio Mishima review – a Japanese pulp classic

An engaging all-action satire on 1960s Tokyo consumerism receives its first English translation

nice!

just starting reading the memory police by Yoko Ogawa, good so far!

www.emissourian.com/blogs/mo_books/review-the-memory-police/article_1b0c34b6-bde5-11e9-977d-4ffcf1d39ab2.html

Season's Greetings!🎄

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Pulp novel by Mishima gets first English translation Aug 18, 2019 14:54:49 GMT Carl LaFong likes this

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Post by amyghost on Aug 18, 2019 14:54:49 GMT

Thanks for mentioning this, Carl. I've read a number Mishima's novels; reading a satirical novel by him sounds especially interesting, given the far darker nature of most of the work he's known for in the West.