'Interplanetary, quite extraordinary . . . awash with dark humour
and scenes of intense beauty' Financial Times 'One of the greatest
avant-garde Japanese writers of the twentieth century' New Yorker
Beautiful Star is a 1962 tale of family, love, nuclear war and
UFOs, and was considered by Mishima to be one of his very best
books. Translated into English for the first time, this atmospheric
black comedy tells the story of the Osugi family, who come to the
sudden realization that each of them hails from a different planet:
Father from Mars, mother from Jupiter, son from Mercury and
daughter from Venus. This extra-terrestrial knowledge brings them
closer together, and convinces them that they have a mission: to
find others of their kind, and save humanity from the imminent
threat of the atomic bomb...
General
Imprint: |
Penguin Classics
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Penguin Modern Classics |
Release date: |
July 2023 |
Authors: |
Yukio Mishima
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Translators: |
Stephen Dodd
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
288 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-241-44109-1 |
Subtitles: |
Japanese
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Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-241-44109-9 |
Barcode: |
9780241441091 |
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