The Frolic of the Beasts
Yukio Mishima’s work “The Frolic of the Beasts” is from his middle time and is based on Noh plays, particularly the 14th-century Motomezuka. The plot revolves around a tragic love triangle that involves Kōji, a former college student, Ippei Kusakado, a renowned literary critic, and Yūko, Ippei’s stunning and mysterious wife.
The story, which takes place in rural Japan soon after World War II, is nonlinear and addresses themes of passion, guilt, punishment, and the different personas we adopt throughout our lives.
About the Author
Was rejected for military service in 1945 after a doctor mistook a cold for tuberculosis, and spent the rest of his life circling that failure to die with his generation. Confessions of a Mask is the early autobiographical novel about a boy discovering he desires…
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