Yukio Mishima

Byvshie ljubovniki vstrechajutsja v San-Frantsisko, vdali ot rodnoj Japonii, - chto ikh obedinjaet, krome grustnykh vospominanij, i pri chem tut termos? Posle neudavshegosja putcha ofitser sovershaet kharakiri na glazakh molodoj zheny. Chetyre zhenschiny v odnu-edinstvennuju noch v godu dolzhny, ne proiznosja ni slova, perejti sem mostov, chtoby ispolnilis ikh zhelanija, - zadacha prostaja, no dobratsja do kontsa puti udastsja ne vsem. Semja pytaetsja perezhit to, chto perezhit nevozmozhno, - gibel dvoikh detej, strakh za ostavshikhsja. Zhenschina na svoem dne rozhdenija terjaet zhemchuzhinu, i ot takoj melochi neuznavaemo menjajutsja konfiguratsii druzhby i vrazhdy mezhdu davnimi znakomymi. Vnezapno javivshajasja v lavku antikvara tantsovschitsa sryvaet emu prodazhu starinnogo i ochen tsennogo shkafa - interesno, zachem ej shkaf?.. Jukio Misima (1925-1970) - zvezda literatury XX veka, samyj chitaemyj v mire japonskij avtor, obladatel blistatelnogo talanta, proslavivshijsja kak svoimi rabotami shirochajshego diapazona i raznoobrazija zhanrov (romany, pesy, rasskazy, esse), tak i oshelomitelnoj biografiej (oderzhimost bodibildingom, krajne pravye politicheskie vzgljady, kharakiri posle neudachnoj popytki monarkhicheskogo perevorota). Misima - beskonechno pronitsatelnyj i bezzhalostnyj nabljudatel, i sbornik ego rasskazov "Smert v seredine leta" - nepredskazuemyj, poroj shokirujuschij kalejdoskop, v kotorom smenjajut drug druga zhestokost i strast, vysokomerie i ujazvimost, strakh i ljubov, dushevnaja tma i uskolzajuschij svet. Polovina rasskazov i pesa v etom sbornike publikujutsja na russkom vpervye.

Molodoj chelovek vpervye v zhizni brosaet devushku i v etoj neobychajnoj dlja nego situatsii khochet spolna nasladitsja svoej vlastju. Drugoj molodoj chelovek v studencheskom sportivnom klube rasschityvaet dobitsja naivysshego masterstva v iskusstve vladenija mechom. Iisus Khristos javljaetsja junomu pastushku, i tot vedet detej v krestovyj pokhod. Zastenchivaja ekonomka godami bezmolvno poklonjaetsja universitetskomu professoru i poetu, i odnazhdy on priglashaet ee s soboj v palomnichestvo po buddijskim khramam, gde ej otkryvaetsja tajna ego neizbyvnoj pechali... Jukio Misima (1925-1970) - zvezda literatury XX veka, samyj chitaemyj v mire japonskij avtor, obladatel blistatelnogo talanta, proslavivshijsja kak svoimi rabotami shirochajshego diapazona i raznoobrazija zhanrov (romany, pesy, rasskazy, esse), tak i oshelomitelnoj biografiej (oderzhimost bodibildingom, krajne pravye politicheskie vzgljady, kharakiri posle neudachnoj popytki monarkhicheskogo perevorota). Sbornik ego rasskazov "Fontany pod dozhdem" - istorii, napisannye beskonechno pronitsatelnym i bezzhalostnym nabljudatelem, mozaika, kotoraja skladyvaetsja iz povsednevnykh i temnykh chelovecheskikh strastej - stremlenija k vlasti, samovljublennosti, machizma, ujazvimosti i strakha pered samopoznaniem. Pochti vse rasskazy v etom sbornike publikujutsja na russkom vpervye.

Jukio Misima - samyj znamenityj i chitaemyj v mire japonskij pisatel. Proslavilsja on v ravnoj stepeni kak svoimi proizvedenijami vo vsekh myslimykh zhanrakh (romany, pesy, rasskazy, esse), tak i ekstravagantnym stilem zhizni i smerti (kharakiri posle neudachnoj popytki monarkhicheskogo perevorota). V romane "Zapretnye tsveta", zavershajuschem svoego roda trilogiju, nachatuju samymi znamenitymi vo vsem mire romanami Misimy - "Ispovedju maski" i "Zolotym Khramom", starejuschij pisatel vstrechaet prekrasnogo junoshu i sozdaet iz nego oruzhie mesti vsem zhenschinam, kogda-to prichinivshim emu stradanija... "Skrupuleznostju psikhologicheskogo analiza Misima podoben Stendalju, a glubinoj issledovanija ljudskoj tjagi k samorazrusheniju - Dostoevskomu" (The Christian Science Monitor).

Nemolodaja, roskoshnaja, nezavisimaja i neposredstvennaja Kadzu, khozjajka restorana, kuda khodjat politiki-konservatory, vljubljaetsja v starejuschego byvshego diplomata Noguti, utonchennogo storonnika reform, i stanovitsja ego zhenoj. Chto mozhet pojti ne tak? Esli byvshij diplomat vozvraschaetsja v politiku, vnjav prizyvam ne samoj populjarnoj partii, - primerno vse. Nerazborchivost v sredstvakh protiv moralnoj chistoty, vernost muzhu protiv vernosti printsipam - kogda politicheskoe oborachivaetsja lichnym, semja prevraschaetsja v pole bitvy, zhertvoj riskuet stat ljubov, a ugroza poteri nezavisimosti mozhet okazatsja strashnee grjaduschego odinochestva. Jukio Misima (1925-1970) - zvezda literatury XX veka, samyj chitaemyj v mire japonskij avtor, obladatel blistatelnogo talanta, proslavivshijsja kak svoimi rabotami shirochajshego diapazona i raznoobrazija zhanrov (romany, pesy, rasskazy, esse), tak i oshelomitelnoj biografiej (oderzhimost bodibildingom, krajne pravye politicheskie vzgljady, kharakiri posle neudachnoj popytki monarkhicheskogo perevorota). V "Posle banketa" (1960) Misima khotel pokazat, kak razvivaetsja, preobrazhaetsja, iskazhaetsja i podryvaetsja ljubov pod dejstviem politiki, i v japonskikh politicheskikh i svetskikh krugakh publikatsija vyzvala bolshoj skandal. Byvshij ministr inostrannykh del Khatiro Arita, uznavshij v Noguti sebja, podal na Misimu v sud za narushenie prava na chastnuju zhizn, i etot protsess - pervoe v Japonii delo o pisatelskoj svobode slova - Misima proigral, chto, po mneniju nekotorykh kritikov, ubilo na kornju zlobodnevnuju japonskuju satiru kak zhanr. Vpervye na russkom!

Jukio Misima - samyj znamenityj i chitaemyj v mire japonskij pisatel. Proslavilsja on v ravnoj stepeni kak svoimi proizvedenijami vo vsekh myslimykh zhanrakh (romany, pesy, rasskazy, esse), tak i ekstravagantnym stilem zhizni i smerti (kharakiri posle neudachnoj popytki monarkhicheskogo perevorota). "Kniga samuraja" - eto razmyshlenija Misimy o "Khagakure, ili Sokrytom v listve" - traktate o kodekse chesti samuraja (busido), vyderzhannom v kanonakh dzen-buddizma, sintoizma i konfutsianstva i sostavlennom na osnove besed s samuraem XVII veka Dzjotjo Jamamoto. Eti istorii o boevoj doblesti i voinskom dolge, sovesti i otvetstvennosti, zapisannye odnim iz uchenikov Dzjotjo, - ne sbornik zapovedej, a originalnaja metodika poznanija mira i postizhenija mudrosti. "Vozmozhno, "Khagakure" - iznachalno kniga-paradoks, - pishet Misima. - Vo vremja vojny ona izluchala svet, no sred belogo dnja on byl ne ochen zameten, i lish vo mrake kniga zasijala po-nastojaschemu. Eta kniga ispoveduet svobodu. Eta kniga vzyvaet k zharu serdets". Vpervye publikuetsja v perevode s japonskogo - predyduschie izdanija "Knigi samuraja" po-russki brali za osnovu anglijskij perevod. Perevodchik: Logachev Sergej

The gripping story of an affair gone horribly wrong, from one of Japan's greatest twentieth-century writersKoji, a young student, has fallen hopelessly in love with the beautiful, enigmatic Yuko. But she is married to the literary critic and serial philanderer Ippei. Tormented by desire and anger, Koji is driven to an act of violence that will bind this strange, terrible love triangle together for the rest of their lives. A starkly compelling story of lust, guilt and punishment, The Frolic of the Beasts explores the masks we wear in life, and what happens when they slip.'One of the greatest avant-garde Japanese writers of the twentieth century' New Yorker

'Interplanetary, quite extraordinary . . . awash with dark humour and scenes of intense beauty' Financial Times'One of the greatest avant-garde Japanese writers of the twentieth century' New YorkerBeautiful Star is a 1962 tale of family, love, nuclear war and UFOs, and was considered by Mishima to be one of his very best books. Translated into English for the first time, this atmospheric black comedy tells the story of the Osugi family, who come to the sudden realization that each of them hails from a different planet: Father from Mars, mother from Jupiter, son from Mercury and daughter from Venus. This extra-terrestrial knowledge brings them closer together, and convinces them that they have a mission: to find others of their kind, and save humanity from the imminent threat of the atomic bomb...

Jukio Misima (1925-1970) - zvezda literatury XX veka, samyj chitaemyj v mire japonskij avtor, obladatel blistatelnogo talanta, proslavivshijsja kak svoimi rabotami shirochajshego diapazona i raznoobrazija zhanrov (romany, pesy, rasskazy, esse), tak i oshelomitelnoj biografiej (oderzhimost bodibildingom, krajne pravye politicheskie sklonnosti, kharakiri posle neudachnoj popytki monarkhicheskogo perevorota). "Dom Kjoko" - istorija chetyrekh molodykh ljudej, zavsegdataev salona (ili prikhozhan khrama), v kotorom tsarit khozjajka (ili zhritsa) Kjoko. Eti chetvero - chetyre grani samogo avtora: tonko chuvstvujuschij nevinnyj khudozhnik; energichnyj bokser, pomeshannyj na sporte; nevostrebovannyj akter-nartsiss, zavorozhennyj svoej krasotoj; i biznesmen, kotoryj, pritvorjajas kareristom, ispoveduet nigilizm, preziraet realnost i verit v neotvratimyj konets sveta. A s nimi Kjoko - ikh zerkalo, ikh provodnitsa v stranstvii skvoz ad sovremennosti, khozjajka doma, gde vse oni nakhodjat prijut i mogut otkryt dushu. Na dvore pervaja polovina 1950-kh - poslevoennyj period v Japonii zakonchilsja, protsvetanie uzhe puskaet korni i postepenno prorastaet iz razrukhi, no vse pjatero ne doverjajut sovremennosti i, gljadja s balkona Kjoko, vidjat lish ruiny. Novaja epokha - stena, tupik, "gigantskij probel, besformennyj i bestsvetnyj, tochno otrazhenie letnego neba v zerkale", kak pisali kritiki; spustja poltora desjatiletija ta zhe intonatsija zazvuchit u Khjuberta Selbi-mladshego. Chetvero gostej i Kjoko nenadolgo obretut uspekh, no za uspekhom neizbezhny padenie, razocharovanie, smert. Odnazhdy dveri doma Kjoko zakrojutsja. Konets sveta neotvratim. My vse po-prezhnemu zhivem v ego preddvere. Perevoda etogo romana na anglijskij poklonniki s neterpeniem zhdut po sej den, a my vpervye publikuem ego na russkom.

’One of the greatest avant-garde Japanese writers of the twentieth century’ - New YorkerBeautiful Star is a 1962 tale of family, love, nuclear war and UFOs, and was the novel Mishima considered to be his masterpiece. Translated into English for the first time, this atmospheric black comedy tells the story of the Osugi family, who come to the sudden realization that each of them hails from a different planet: Father from Mars, mother from Jupiter, son from Mercury and daughter from Venus. This extra-terrestrial knowledge brings them closer together, and convinces them that they have a mission: to find others of their kind, and save humanity from the imminent threat of the atomic bomb...

Jukio Misima - samyj znamenityj i chitaemyj v mire japonskij pisatel. Proslavilsja on v ravnoj stepeni kak svoimi proizvedenijami vo vsekh myslimykh zhanrakh (romany, pesy, rasskazy, esse), tak i ekstravagantnym stilem zhizni i smerti (kharakiri posle neudachnoj popytki monarkhicheskogo perevorota). "Vesennij sneg" - pervyj roman tetralogii "More izobilija", schitajuschejsja vershinoj sochinitelstva Misimy i svoego roda tvorcheskim zaveschaniem; eto proizvedenie, v kotorom Misima, po ego slovam, "vyrazil vse svoi idei" i posle kotorogo emu uzhe "ne o chem bylo pisat". Zavershiv poslednij roman tetralogii, on postavil tochku i v svoej zhizni. "More izobilija" soderzhit kvintessentsiju sobstvennoj esteticheskoj sistemy Misimy, sochetajuschej samurajsko-sintoistskie elementy s obrazami evropejskoj antichnosti, vlijaniem ezotericheskogo buddizma i dazhe induizma. Kraeugolnym kamnem etoj estetiki vsegda ostavalas tema smerti i krasoty; geroi Misimy starajutsja postich strashnuju i neopredelimuju zagadku krasoty, kotoraja suschestvuet vne morali i etiki, sposobnaja porabotit i razrushit chelovecheskuju lichnost. Sjuzhet "Morja izobilija" osnovan na idee reinkarnatsii, posledovatelno raskryvajuschejsja cherez istoriju tragicheskoj ljubvi, idealisticheskogo samopozhertvovanija, misticheskoj oderzhimosti, krushenija illjuzij. Glavnyj geroj "Nesuschikh konej", junyj kendoist Isao Iinuma, vospitannyj ottsom po pravilam samurajskogo kodeksa, organizuet zagovor, prizvannyj vosstanovit velichie imperatora i presech razgul pravitelstvennoj korruptsii - vozmozhno, tsenoju sojustvennoj zhizni...

Jukio Misima - samyj znamenityj i chitaemyj v mire japonskij pisatel. Proslavilsja on v ravnoj stepeni kak svoimi proizvedenijami vo vsekh myslimykh zhanrakh (romany, pesy, rasskazy, esse), tak i ekstravagantnym stilem zhizni i smerti (kharakiri posle neudachnoj popytki monarkhicheskogo perevorota). "Padenie angela" - zakljuchitelnyj roman tetralogii "More izobilija", schitajuschejsja vershinoj sochinitelstva Misimy i svoego roda tvorcheskim zaveschaniem; eto proizvedenie, v kotorom Misima, po ego slovam, "vyrazil vse svoi idei" i posle kotorogo emu uzhe "ne o chem bylo pisat". Zavershiv poslednij roman tetralogii, on postavil tochku i v svoej zhizni. "More izobilija" soderzhit kvintessentsiju sobstvennoj esteticheskoj sistemy Misimy, sochetajuschej samurajsko-sintoistskie elementy s obrazami evropejskoj antichnosti, vlijaniem ezotericheskogo buddizma i dazhe induizma. Kraeugolnym kamnem etoj estetiki vsegda ostavalas tema smerti i krasoty; geroi Misimy starajutsja postich strashnuju i neopredelimuju zagadku krasoty, kotoraja suschestvuet vne morali i etiki, sposobnaja porabotit i razrushit chelovecheskuju lichnost. Sjuzhet "Morja izobilija" osnovan na idee reinkarnatsii, posledovatelno raskryvajuschejsja cherez istoriju tragicheskoj ljubvi, idealisticheskogo samopozhertvovanija, misticheskoj oderzhimosti, krushenija illjuzij. V "Padenii angela" advokat v otstavke Khonda, staryj i odinokij, pytaetsja uvidet v shestnadtsatiletnem podrostke vozrozhdenie tajskoj printsessy Lunnyj tsvetok.

Jukio Misima - samyj znamenityj i chitaemyj v mire japonskij pisatel. Proslavilsja on v ravnoj stepeni kak svoimi proizvedenijami vo vsekh myslimykh zhanrakh (romany, pesy, rasskazy, esse), tak i ekstravagantnym stilem zhizni i smerti (kharakiri posle neudachnoj popytki monarkhicheskogo perevorota). "Khram na rassvete" - tretij roman tetralogii "More izobilija", schitajuschejsja vershinoj sochinitelstva Misimy i svoego roda tvorcheskim zaveschaniem; eto proizvedenie, v kotorom Misima, po ego slovam, "vyrazil vse svoi idei" i posle kotorogo emu uzhe "ne o chem bylo pisat". Zavershiv poslednij roman tetralogii, on postavil tochku i v svoej zhizni. "More izobilija" soderzhit kvintessentsiju sobstvennoj esteticheskoj sistemy Misimy, sochetajuschej samurajsko-sintoistskie elementy s obrazami evropejskoj antichnosti, vlijaniem ezotericheskogo buddizma i dazhe induizma. Kraeugolnym kamnem etoj estetiki vsegda ostavalas tema smerti i krasoty; geroi Misimy starajutsja postich strashnuju i neopredelimuju zagadku krasoty, kotoraja suschestvuet vne morali i etiki, sposobnaja porabotit i razrushit chelovecheskuju lichnost. Sjuzhet "Morja izobilija" osnovan na idee reinkarnatsii, posledovatelno raskryvajuschejsja cherez istoriju tragicheskoj ljubvi, idealisticheskogo samopozhertvovanija, misticheskoj oderzhimosti, krushenija illjuzij. V "Khrame na rassvete" skvoznoj geroj tetralogii advokat Khonda pytaetsja najti objasnenie chudu, kotoroe videl uzhe dvazhdy v zhizni, i, dostignuv zrelykh let, poddaetsja bezumiju strasti. Neuzheli tajskaja printsessa Jing Tjan ("Lunnyj tsvetok") - i vpravdu ocherednoe voploschenie ego davno pogibshego druga Kijoaki?

A great, ancient art form, brought right up to date by one of Japan’s foremost writersNoh is a form of classical Japanese dance-drama that has been performed since the 14th century. Based on tales from traditional literature, and structured according to strict rules, at the heart of Noh often lies an accidental encounter through which the workings of Fate are revealed. Often one of the persons is not what he or she seems to be: perhaps a ghost, or a character who has suffered a dramatic reversal of fortune. These five pieces, written between 1950 and 1955 and presented as modern plays at the time, are as suited to being performed on any stage in the world, as they are to being read in Donald Keene’s pitch-perfect translation. In them, Yukio Mishima preserves the weird and haunting mood of classical Noh, whilst lending his characters and situations the directness and hardness of an encounter on a modern city street.

'The best book I've read this year ... darkly comedic and full of tension and surprise' Marina Abramovic 'Life for sale. Use me as you wish. I am a twenty-seven-year-old male. Discretion guaranteed. Will cause no bother at all.'When Hanio Yamada realises the future holds little of worth to him, he puts his life for sale in a Tokyo newspaper, thus unleashing a series of unimaginable exploits. A world of murderous mobsters, hidden cameras, a vampire woman, poisoned carrots, code-breaking, a hopeless junkie heiress and makeshift explosives reveals itself to the unwitting hero. Is there nothing he can do to stop it? Resolving to follow the orders of his would-be purchasers, he comes to understand what life is worth, and whether we can indeed name our price.

Confessions of a Mask tells the story of a Japanese boy's development towards a homosexual identity during and after the Second World War. In narrating his progress from an isolated childhood through adolescence to manhood, he exposes his inner life, full of repressed homosexual desires and preoccupations with sadomasochism and death. The enduring power of the novel is in part owing to its themes of fantasy, despair and alienation, its eloquent voice, but also its autobiographical nature - the equally enduring fascination with the life and character of one of Japan's most turbulent artists. As part of the new Peter Owen Cased Classics series, this special hardback edition carries an elegant dust jacket with a false die-cutting of a mask, while printed on the cover board is the work of British contemporary artist Fraser Taylor.