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Title	:	The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
Author	:	Yukio Mishima
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 181 pages
Published	:	May 31st 1994 by Vintage (first published 1963)
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. Japan. Asian Literature. Japanese Literature. Classics. Literature. Novels. Asia

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

Yukio Mishima

Paperback | Pages: 181 pages

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The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea tells the tale of a band of savage thirteen-year-old boys who reject the adult world as illusory, hypocritical and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness they call "objectivity." When the mother of one of them begins an affair with a ship's officer, he and his friends idealize the man at first; but it is not long before they conclude that he is in fact soft and romantic. They regard their disappointment in him as an act of betrayal on his part, and react violently.

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Original Title:	午後の曳航 [Gogo no eikō]
ISBN:	0679750150 (ISBN13: 9780679750154)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Ryuji Tsukazaki, Fusako Kuroda, Noboru Kuroda
Setting:	Yokohama(Japan)

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A sinister tale about dread, desire, and death, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea reflects on the adolescent longing to abandon society and pursue solitary greatness. The novel follows Noboru, a fatherless thirteen-year-old, and his gang of nihilistic friends as they wax philosophic about the corruption of men and obsess over his wealthy mother Fusakos new love interest, a reticent sailor named Ryuji, whom they alternately idealize and demonize. While the story centers on Noboru,

Oooh that blasted father figure! Either he is doing my mom or he is not doing it well enough - anyway I hate him because he does not comply with my new-found 13-year old nihilistic world view. I have no previous experiences with the late Mr. Mishima and Im seriously afraid this is going to be the only one.The symbolism is to fat for my taste the Japanese equivalent to Coelho 3 stars for being well written though.

I had a slightly different review in mind until I read a little bit about Mishima's life. In light of what Mishima did to himself, I am not really sure what to make of The Sailor Who.... While it is dark, reading it I knew it was only a story. But knowing that this darkness could have emanated from Mishima's personal thoughts makes it extremely unnerving.Fuskao, Noboru's mother, represents westernization; which Mishima despised. Noboru, a 13 year old, is more in the favor of traditional Japan.

This book was, simply put, horrible. I struggled to finish it. I was creeped out reading how Noboru, the thirteen year old boy of the story, watches his mother through a "peep hole" getting dressed and having sex with her boyfriend. If that wasn't creepy enough, now I had to endure the graphic details of how he and his friends, who cheer him on, disgustingly mutilate and kill a cat. At that point I was truly done, but I did read on realizing that the ending was exactly what I thought it would

Of all the Japanese writers that I've read, Mishama is the one I've struggled with the most. Not because he isn't a good writer, he most certainly is, and I really like his prose, it's just it's difficult to get inside the heads of some of his cold minded protagonists, leaving me questioning some of their actions (similar to that of Temple of the Golden Pavilion). Noboru here is another one, even though he is just a thirteen-year-old kid. There is a scene roughly halfway through the novel when a

This was a disturbing yet compelling read.

Captivating writing although I had minor problems with the content. A widow takes her teenage son on a ship visit (he is crazy about ships). She hits it off with the 2nd Officer and they are soon an item. The son is part of a nerdy gang from school. Initially he is in awe of the officer but soon things take a dark turn. So what about the content didn't I like? Firstly, the group of 13-year old teenagers is rather annoying. There is a lot of facile talk about life, fathers, etc., filled with