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Lädt ... Geständnis einer Maske (1948)von Yukio Mishima
   Japanese Literature (17) 1940s (45) » 15 mehr Best of World Literature (120) Best LGBT Fiction (64) Favourite Books (1,162) Books about World War II (132) 20th Century Literature (690) Readable Classics (98) Overdue Podcast (498) Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.  greeniezona | Feb 4, 2024 |   As per the above, this particular novel about a boy dealing with dark sadistic sexual fantasies about other boys comes across as semi-autobiographical, although there's strictly no evidence of such. Certainly Mishima was familiar with putting on a mask, or public face. It's also a good look at war-time Japan, incidentally. The translation was a bit strained at times - for instance, I could see the translator struggling to come up with an idiomatic translation of Japanese set phrases like 'ittekimasu' that have no equivalent in English. At another point, the text mentions "H. prefecture near Osaka" and I just wondered why they didn't write "Hyogo". Perhaps when the book was translated in the 50s they didn't think people would be able to handle all the foreign names, a trend that I think has changed since then. I guess I'd read it in Japanese, but my level - and patience to read all the kanji - is still a bit too low for that.  ) finlaaaay | Aug 1, 2023 | fleshed | Jul 16, 2023 | Natt90 | Mar 2, 2023 |  ) bluestraveler | Aug 15, 2022 |
"In 'Confessions of a Mask' a literary artist of delicate sensibility and startling candor, has chosen to write for the few rather than the many." Gehört zu VerlagsreihenAuszeichnungenBemerkenswerte Listen
Kochan wächst, abgeschirmt von Jungen seines Alters, im imperialistischen Japan auf. Doch er merkt, dass er nicht das ist, was man von ihm erwartet: Nicht nur ist er körperlich schwächer als andere, er entwickelt auch eine Faszination für Tod, Gewalt, Sex und den männlichen Körper. Unter den strengen Blicken der japanischen Gesellschaft beginnt er, sich eine Maske zu formen, die sein wahres Selbst verbergen soll. Mehr noch: Er will sie sich als neue Identität aufzwingen. Das Mädchen Sonoko und die Heirat mit ihr soll alle, einschließlich ihn selbst, hinter's Licht führen. Yukio Mishimas autobiografischer Roman thematisiert offen, was es bedeutet, nicht dazuzugehören und sich Zwängen zu unterwerfen, die einen zerreißen. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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 Google Books — Lädt ...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)895.635Literature Literature of other languages Asian (east and south east) languages Japanese Japanese fiction 1945–2000Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt: (3.85)
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It in his early adulthood, when the narrator is convincing himself that he is his mask — that what he should want and what he does want are one in the same, that I was finally all in. I found it such a compelling portrayal of that compulsive heteronormativity — that everyone else assumes he is straight and he himself assumes/convinces himself he is straight and the cracks at the seams are getting wider but his circular self-assessments just get tighter. And even the narrator’s occasional admissions of the difference of his desires are so hemmed in by the rigid models of “inversion” — there are only two types of invert, according the authorities of the time, or at least those available to our narrator.
So yes, in the end, I loved this. I am getting more and more curious about reading more about Mishima as a person. I shall have to see if there are any good biographies available. (