Forbidden Colours
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Boards slightly faded. Worn and yellowed DJ within mylar. Binding remains tight. Small glue residue on front endpaper. Otherwise clean and bright copy.
A landmark of Japanese literary fiction, Kinjiki (Forbidden Colors) is a psychologically intense novel that chronicles the entanglement of two men bound together by desire, manipulation, and the pursuit of beauty. Mishima constructs a darkly elegant narrative around Shunsuke, an aging, embittered novelist who orchestrates the life of Yuichi, a breathtakingly handsome young man, using him as an instrument of revenge against the women who have wronged him — all while Yuichi secretly navigates Tokyo's hidden gay underworld. With razor-sharp prose and a tone that is simultaneously cold and deeply sensual, Mishima argues that beauty is not a gift but a weapon, capable of destroying both its bearer and those who worship it. The novel stands as one of the most daring works of twentieth-century Japanese literature, unflinching in its portrayal of homosexuality, moral corruption, and the aesthetics of cruelty at a time when such themes were virtually unspoken in Japanese society. Rich with philosophical tension and Mishima's signature obsession with the collision between tradition and transgression, Kinjiki remains a haunting and essential work.
Author: Yukio Mishima
Format: Hardback
Published: 1968, Secker & Warburg
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Boards slightly faded. Worn and yellowed DJ within mylar. Binding remains tight. Small glue residue on front endpaper. Otherwise clean and bright copy.
A landmark of Japanese literary fiction, Kinjiki (Forbidden Colors) is a psychologically intense novel that chronicles the entanglement of two men bound together by desire, manipulation, and the pursuit of beauty. Mishima constructs a darkly elegant narrative around Shunsuke, an aging, embittered novelist who orchestrates the life of Yuichi, a breathtakingly handsome young man, using him as an instrument of revenge against the women who have wronged him — all while Yuichi secretly navigates Tokyo's hidden gay underworld. With razor-sharp prose and a tone that is simultaneously cold and deeply sensual, Mishima argues that beauty is not a gift but a weapon, capable of destroying both its bearer and those who worship it. The novel stands as one of the most daring works of twentieth-century Japanese literature, unflinching in its portrayal of homosexuality, moral corruption, and the aesthetics of cruelty at a time when such themes were virtually unspoken in Japanese society. Rich with philosophical tension and Mishima's signature obsession with the collision between tradition and transgression, Kinjiki remains a haunting and essential work.