Review of a film about Mishima
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Here is an author I came to after the end of the spectacle of his life. As a teenager, there was a certain romanticism to this. But I've never much appreciated Mishima's work in comparison to other contemporaries and even older authors. I would place Junichiro Tanazaki, Natsume Soseki, Akutagawa, and Yasunari Kawabata all higher up on the to-read list. But this reviewers comments persuade me that perhaps I should reevaluate my stand.
Here is an author I came to after the end of the spectacle of his life. As a teenager, there was a certain romanticism to this. But I've never much appreciated Mishima's work in comparison to other contemporaries and even older authors. I would place Junichiro Tanazaki, Natsume Soseki, Akutagawa, and Yasunari Kawabata all higher up on the to-read list. But this reviewers comments persuade me that perhaps I should reevaluate my stand.
Steven,
ReplyDeleteI've read and enjoyed works by each of the writers you've mentioned, and I find them all so different. I would, though, include Mishima in with them.
One difference I find that does separate Mishima from the others is that his works seem to have more of a hard edge than the others, and, political/social issues seem more prevalent or perhaps more obvious in his.
Dear Fred,
ReplyDeleteYes, perhaps it is that--the hard edge, as it were that does not appeal to me. However, I shall go back in time and reread some of these.
shalom,
Steven