Collection of novels by Yukio Mishima - The Hunger of the Soul

Author: Yukio Mishima
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Publish Date: 1999-01-01
Features: The heroine Setsuko marries Kuraoka at her parents' command, but their married life becomes fraught with friction and lacks emotional response. Consequently, she begins an affair with her former lover, Tsuchiya, believing that any evil intentions as long as they remain in the heart still belong to the realm of virtue. After becoming pregnant with Tsuchiya's child, she realizes her original thoughts and actions were "hypocrisy," yet she also feels that "as long as one lives behind the facade of hypocrisy, one will not feel the spiritual hunger for virtue." Ultimately, she returns to the "world without echoes" amidst her stumbling attempts to embrace virtue.