Fountains in the Rain Summary
Yukio Mishima

Fountains in the Rain Summary

"More than two decades after his death," writes Susan J. Napier in the Dictionary of Literary Biography, "Mishima Yukio is arguably still the most famous writer modern Japan has produced." Mishima's admirers point to "the brilliance of his style, the power of his imagination, and the fascination and variety of his themes. . . all of which are in marked contrast to much of postwar Japanese fiction." Mishima's work is probably better known to English-speaking...

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