{"product_id":"mishima-isbn-9780306809774","title":"Mishima","description":"At forty-five, Yukio Mishima was the outstanding Japanese writer of his generation, celebrated both at home and abroad for \u003ci\u003eThe Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1970 he startled the world by stepping out onto a balcony in Tokyo before an assembly of troops and plunging a sword into his abdomen; a disciple then beheaded him, completing the ritual of hara-kiri. John Nathan's riveting biography traces the life of this tortured, nearly superhuman personality. Mishima survived a grotesque childhood, and subsequently his sadomasochistic impulses became manifest -- as did an increasing obsession with death as the supreme beauty. Nathan, who knew Mishima professionally and personally, interviewed family, colleagues, and friends to unmask the various -- often seemingly contradictory -- personae of the genius who felt called by \"a glittering destiny no ordinary man would be permitted.\"","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44891034648805,"sku":"NP9780306809774","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/mishima-isbn-9780306809774","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}