The Sea of Fertility (豊饒の海 Hōjō no Umi) is a tetralogy of novels written by the Japanese author Yukio Mishima. The four novels are Spring Snow (1969), Runaway Horses (1969), The Temple of Dawn (1970), and The Decay of the Angel (1971). The series, which Mishima began writing in 1964 and which was his final work, is usually thought of as his masterpiece. Its title refers to the Mare Fecunditatis, a "sea" on the Moon. The main timeline of the story stretches from 1912 to 1975. The viewpoint of all four books is that of Shigekuni Honda, a law student in Spring Snow who eventually becomes a wealthy retired judge in The Decay of the Angel. Each of the novels depicts what Honda comes to believe are successive reincarnations of his schoolfriend Kiyoaki Matsugae, and Honda's attempts to save them from the early deaths to which they seem to be condemned by karma. This results in both personal and professional embarrassment for Honda, and eventually destroys him. The friend's successive reincarnations are: 2. Kiyoaki Matsugae, a young aristocrat 3. Isao Iinuma, an ultranationalist and violent extremist 4. Ying Chan, an indolent Thai princess 5. Tōru Yasunaga, a manipulative and sadistic orphan Other characters who appear in more than one book include Satoko Ayakura (Kiyoaki's lover), Tadeshina (Satoko's maid), Imperial Prince Toin, Shigeyuki Iinuma (Kiyoaki's servant and Isao's father), Keiko Hisamatsu, and Rié (Honda's wife). Cuốn đầu tiên: Spring Snow (1966) Vui lòng đăng nhập hoặc đăng ký để xem link Cuốn thứ hai: Runaway Horse (1969) Vui lòng đăng nhập hoặc đăng ký để xem link Cuốn thứ ba: Temple of Dawn (1970) Vui lòng đăng nhập hoặc đăng ký để xem link Cuốn thứ tư: The Decay of the Angel (1971) Vui lòng đăng nhập hoặc đăng ký để xem link Lần đầu tiên mình pốt sách có gì sai sót mong các bạn góp ý nhé Nguồn e-thuvien.com
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Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility #1) by Yukio Mishima, Michael Gallagher (Translator) Published 1967 Tokyo, 1912. The closed world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders - rich provincial families, a new and powerful political and social elite. Kiyoaki has been raised among the elegant Ayakura family - members of the waning aristocracy - but he is not one of them. Coming of age, he is caught up in the tensions between old and new, and his feelings for the exquisite, spirited Satoko, observed from the sidelines by his devoted friend Honda. When Satoko is engaged to a royal prince, Kiyoaki realises the magnitude of his passion.
Runaway Horses (The Sea of Fertility #2) by Yukio Mishima, Michael Gallagher (Translator) Published 1969 Isao is a young, engaging patriot, and a fanatical believer in the ancient samurai ethos. He turns terrorist, organising a violent plot against the new industrialists, who he believes are threatening the integrity of Japan and usurping the Emperor’s rightful power. As the conspiracy unfolds and unravels, Mishima brilliantly chronicles the conflicts of a decade that saw the fabric of Japanese life torn apart.
The Temple of Dawn (The Sea of Fertility #3) by Yukio Mishima, E. Dale Saunders (Translator), Cecilia Segawa Seigle (Translator) Published 1970 Honda, a brilliant lawyer and man of reason, is called to Bangkok on legal business, where he is granted an audience with a young Thai princess - an encounter that radically alters the course of his life. He is convinced she is a reincarnated spirit, and undertakes a long, arduous pilgrimage to the holy places of India, where, in the climatic scene, he encounters her once more, only to have his newfound beliefs shattered and his life bereft of all meaning.
The Decay of the Angel (The Sea of Fertility #4) by Yukio Mishima, Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator) Published November 25th 1970 The dramatic climax of The Sea of Fertility tetraology takes place in the late 1960s. Honda, now an aged and wealthy man, discovers and adopts a sixteen-year-old orphan, Toru, as his heir, identifying him with the tragic protagonists of the three previous novels, each of whom died at the age of twenty. Honda raises and educates the boy, yet watches him, waiting.
