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Original Title:	潮騒 [Shiosai]
ISBN:	0099289989 (ISBN13: 9780099289982)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Shinji Kubo, Terukichi Miyata, Chiyoko, Yasuo Kawamoto
Setting:	Japan
Literary Awards:	Shincho Prize (1954)

The Sound of Waves Paperback | Pages: 183 pages

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Set in a remote fishing village in Japan, The Sound of Waves is a timeless story of first love. It tells of Shinji, a young fisherman and Hatsue, the beautiful daughter of the wealthiest man in the village. Shinji is entranced at the sight of Hatsue in the twilight on the beach and they fall in love. When the villagers' gossip threatens to divide them, Shinji must risk his life to prove his worth.

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Title	:	The Sound of Waves
Author	:	Yukio Mishima
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 183 pages
Published	:	2000 by Vintage Classics (first published June 10th 1954)
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. Japan. Asian Literature. Japanese Literature. Classics. Romance. Literature

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The first couple of times I read Mishima, he left me feeling a little cold, and I wasn't in any rush to return to him. But return to him I did, after picking up this in a charity bookstore recently. And this simple tale of boy-meets-girl easily eclipsed the other Mishima books I'd read. It is, in all intents and purposes, a little work of art, that captures the purity of love and candor of youthful desire beautifully. He handles his story is a maturely and realistic conceived way, that never

Kinda BR with Lau and Shii :P "But the strange way in which love can torture the heart with desire was no longer a novel thing for him." Mishima was a peculiar author and his uniqueness is reflected in Shinji and Hatsue's love story. You can expect Mishima's commitment to the island with detailed, aesthetic descriptions just as much as to breasts and tanning. Star-crossed lovers are often fated and forced to chose between life and love so I thought I knew what to expect from The Sound of Waves.

Ive read a half-dozen novels by this Japanese author. All have been dark, focused on planning secret rebellions, a planned murder, ritual suicide, death and reincarnation. The author himself headed up a ritualistic right-wing group and ended up committing ritual suicide. So imagine my surprise to find Im reading a book about first love with a happy ending! (We know this from the blurbs on the cover, so Im not really giving away plot.)Its a coming-of-age story of a young man on a small Japanese

This is the incongruity between happiness and sadness. Ecstacy, which is happiness in in its most extreme, does not bring one to anywhere beyond life. He will still be alive, as before, maybe more uplifted, in a walking-in-the-clouds kind of joy but that'd be it. In contrast, sadness in its most extreme often brings suicide as an option Not only can death be desired, it can actually be realized. Not even the possibility of future happiness can rescue the man.We know, of course, that Yukio

Clearly, breasts fascinated Mishima. Now that weve established this (or rather he did through a couple of scenes and descriptions)This is a story that embraces modern sexuality and teenage angst, a love story involving a young fisherman, Shinji, and a rich mans daughter named Hatsue. Where there is love, there is rivalry, for Shinji must deal with another boy who feels entitled to Hatsue. As a result, conflict and gossip ensues and though deeply in love, Shinji and Hatsue find themselves

It always looked like it was going to happen a tragedy, or that they would have real hard obstacles to be together. But being sincere, they both were too young; what is more difficult at that age than the father of your girl decides to lock her up and you are unable to be with her? And also you are so inexperienced about a lot of stuff to know how to react. I liked the writing, very fluid but not simple; after a while I felt I knew the island. I loved the beginning but not that much the ending.

More like 4 and a half stars.My introduction to Yukio Mishimas work a couple of years ago left a lasting impression: the prose, even translated, was intoxicating, the characters tragically real and the setting perfectly captured. A friend especially recommended I read The Sound of Waves next. This is a short book that contains a familiar story: coming of age and falling in love for the first time. We never really get tired of writing and reading about that, do we? But youll find no tired clichés