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Spring Snow

By Yukio Mishima
Series: Vintage Classics Japanese Series
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VINTAGE JAPANESE CLASSICS - Following the success of the first chapter of the Vintage Japanese Classics, come four new covetable editions of the best Japanese writers on the Vintage list. Tokyo, 1912. The closed world of Japan's aristocracy is breached for the first time. Kiyoaki has... Read More
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VINTAGE JAPANESE CLASSICS - Following the success of the first chapter of the Vintage Japanese Classics, come four new covetable editions of the best Japanese writers on the Vintage list.

Tokyo, 1912. The closed world of Japan's aristocracy is breached for the first time.

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. His devoted friend Honda watches from the sidelines. It is only when Satoko becomes engaged to a royal prince that Kiyoaki realises the magnitude of his passion.

'An austere love story, probably my favourite of his novels'
—David Mitchell

VINTAGE JAPANESE CLASSICS - Nine masterpieces of Japanese fiction in gorgeous new gift editions.

Translated by Michael Gallagher.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529988437

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 August 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Contributors:

  • Translated by Michael Gallagher

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 31.0mm

Width: 136.0mm

Height: 188.0mm

Weight: 364g

Pages: 400

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About the Author

Yukio Mishima was born into a samurai family and imbued with the code of complete control over mind and body, and loyalty to the Emperor - the same code that produced the austerity and self-sacrifice of Zen. He wrote countless short stories and thirty-three plays, in some of which he acted. Several films have been made from his novels, including The Sound of Waves; Enjo, which was based on The Temple of the Golden Pavilion; and The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea. Among his other works are the novels Confessions of a Mask and Thirst For Love and the short-story collections Death in Midsummer and Acts of Worship. The Sea of Fertility tetralogy, however, is his masterpiece. After Mishima conceived the idea of The Sea of Fertility in 1964, he frequently said he would die when it was completed. On November 25th, 1970, the day he completed The Decay of the Angel, the last novel of the cycle, Mishima committed seppuku (ritual suicide) at the age of forty-five.

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