Novel Collection of Yukio Mishima - The House of Mirrors

Author: Yukio Mishima
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Publish Date: 1999-01-01
Features: Yukio Mishima particularly emphasizes in The House of the Mirrored Ones that "the beauty of the Greek body is the result of sunlight, the navy, military training, and honey. However, the natural has completely died out today. The poetic and metaphysical essence that the Greek body has achieved can now only be attained through the opposite method, the artificial method of training the body for the body itself." This novel constructs the framework of the heroine Mirror's experiences with four men through this artificial method, making Mirror confront her husband, endure psychological pressure, and realize that "The House of the Mirrored Ones" should disintegrate. She should rationally keep the four men and the House of the Mirrored Ones at a geographical and psychological distance. The author also attempts, behind this story, to reveal the emotional world of nihilism of an era through the wills and setbacks of these four men with different personalities. The House of the Mirrored Ones is known as "the quintessential psychological novel of classicism." It is the culmination of Mishima's literary and aesthetic thoughts.