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()(Translated by Michael Gallagher)(Titulo original : tÌá [Haru no yuki]^@LSpring SnowL is the first book of MishimaLs masterpiece tetralogy,LThe Sea of Fertility.L The novel is set in Tokyo in 1912, in the closed circles of the imperial court and the ancient aristocracy, a world beginning to be breached by newcomers, the rich provincial families whose money and vitality makes them contenders for social and political power.^@The Matsugae family belongs to this new elite. Kiyoaki Matsugae has been raised-- for the sake of his parentsL advancement-- in a family of the waning aristocracy, the elegant Ayakuras. Now, in his first manhood, Kiyoaki is caught up in the tensions between old and new, fiercely loving and, seemingly with almost equal ferocity, hating the AyakurasL exquisite daughter, Satoko. Wanting her and repelling her, he is held in psychic paralysis until events shockingly reveal to him the magnitude of his passion.^@In its splendid evocation of the past, in its assertion of the insubstantiality of beauty and happiness, in its subtle orchestration of cultural forces and individual lives,LSpring SnowL is one of the major novels of modern Japanese literature.) |
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