Confession of a Mask

The novel by the famous Japanese writer Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) "Confessions of a Mask", which made the twenty-four-year-old author famous and brought him worldwide fame, is largely autobiographical. The key theme of this famous work is the theme of death, in which the hero of the story sees "the true purpose of life". Mishima scrupulously examines his own mental structure, getting to the very essence of his "I" ... Translated from Japanese by G. Chkhartishvili (B. Akunina).