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Voices of the Fallen Heroes

And Other Stories
By Yukio Mishima
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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A new selection of lyrically haunting 1960s short stories from a Japanese literary icon. A writer is seized by apocalyptic visions, a trio of beatniks dance to modern jazz in the ruins of an abandoned church, and a séance brings forth the reproachful spirits of the... Read More
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Voices of the Fallen Heroes

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A new selection of lyrically haunting 1960s short stories from a Japanese literary icon.

A writer is seized by apocalyptic visions, a trio of beatniks dance to modern jazz in the ruins of an abandoned church, and a séance brings forth the reproachful spirits of the military dead.

In Voices of the Fallen Heroes, stark autobiography contrasts with pure horror, and the tenderness of first love cedes to obsession, heartbreak, and deathly beauty. In one tale, Yukio Mishima recounts the true story of the time a deranged fan broke into his home at dawn. Elsewhere, a beautiful youth achieves eternal life through violent murder, and an ill-matched couple seal their fate with a pack of cards, tangled in the web of time and unfulfilled desire.

Available in English for the first time, and carefully selected by expert translators, these captivating stories are the perfect introduction to Mishima's work, on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241723616

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 January 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter
  • Translated by Paul McCarthy
  • Translated by Various
  • Translated by Jeffrey Angles
  • Translated by Tomoko Aoyama
  • Translated by Jonathan Samuel Bett
  • Edited by Stephen Dodd
  • Translated by John Nathan
  • Translated by John Nathan
  • Translated by Stephen Dodd
  • Translated by Hannah Osborne

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 208g

Pages: 272

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About the Author

Yukio Mishima was born in 1925 in Tokyo, and is considered one of the Japan's most important writers. His books broke social boundaries and taboos at a time when Japan found itself in a state of rapid social change. His interests, besides writing, included body-building, acting and practising as a Samurai. In 1970 he attempted to start a military coup, which failed. Upon realizing this, Mishima performed seppuku, a ritual suicide, upon himself. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize for literature three times.

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