{"product_id":"after-the-banquet-isbn-9780375705151","title":"After the Banquet","description":"\u003cb\u003eA portrait of a marriage in which lofty principles clash fatally with appetite and ambition—featuring a middle-aged restaurant owner who is \"the biggest and the most profound thing Mishima has done so far in an already distinguished career\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of the outstanding writers of the world.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e For years Kazu has run her fashionable restaurant with a combination of charm and shrewdness. But when the middle-aged entrepreneur falls in love with one of her clients, an aristocratic retired politician, she renounces her business in order to become his wife. In time, however, Kazu decides to resurrect her husband's political career. She embarks on a series of compromises and evasions that will force her to choose between her marriage and the demands of her irrepressible vitality.\"Kazu is the biggest and the most profound thing Mishima has done so far in an already distinguished career.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Always fascinating and frequently brilliant.\" —\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of the outstanding writers of the world.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003eYUKIO MISHIMA was born in Tokyo in 1925. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University’s School of Jurisprudence in 1947. His first published book, \u003ci\u003eThe Forest in Full Bloom\u003c\/i\u003e, appeared in 1944. He established himself as a major author with \u003ci\u003eConfessions of a Mask \u003c\/i\u003e(1949). From then until his death he continued to publish novels, short stories, and plays each year. His crowning achievement, \u003ci\u003eThe Sea of Fertility\u003c\/i\u003e tetralogy—which contains the novels \u003ci\u003eSpring Snow\u003c\/i\u003e (1969), \u003ci\u003eRunaway Horses\u003c\/i\u003e (1969), \u003ci\u003eThe Temple of Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e (1970), and \u003ci\u003eThe Decay of the Angel \u003c\/i\u003e(1971)—is considered one of the definitive works of twentieth-century Japanese fiction. In 1970, at the age of forty-five and the day after completing the last novel in the \u003ci\u003eFertility\u003c\/i\u003e series, Mishima committed seppuku (ritual suicide)—a spectacular death that attracted worldwide attention.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48232910029029,"sku":"NP9780375705151","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375705151.jpg?v=1767721104","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/after-the-banquet-isbn-9780375705151","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}