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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
Cute love story with a lot of "that's not how women work" moments. For the record, you cannot tell that a woman is a "virgin" just by looking at her body. Also, women do not stand around comparing who has the best "breast shape."
Mar inquieto é de uma delicadeza sem igual. estou começando a me aventurar de verdade nos clássicos da literatura japonesa e, de longe, esse livro do mishima é o mais leve e ao mesmo tempo delicado que já li até agora. o romance entre shinji e hatsue é gostoso de se acompanhar, tem aquele quê adolescente e o lance de ser um romance "proibido" o deixa ainda mais envolvente. além disso, yukio mishima ainda era diretor/dramaturgo e essa profissão dele acaba influenciando a escrita, quando a descrição dos cenários e paisagens lembra muito a lente de uma câmera varrendo o espaço em que se derramam os acontecimentos.
I very much enjoyed the overall story that Yukio Mishima presents in "The Sound of Waves." It's about young love and the impact of the rumor mill on a couple who live on a rural island.
The novel had an interesting rhythm to it that I really liked.
The only thing that bugged me was that Mishima is pretty clearly a breast man who doesn't really get what women do when they are not around men. None of those parts of the story felt authentic or the slightest bit realistic.
The novel had an interesting rhythm to it that I really liked.
The only thing that bugged me was that Mishima is pretty clearly a breast man who doesn't really get what women do when they are not around men. None of those parts of the story felt authentic or the slightest bit realistic.
Bisogna sicuramente leggere un classico ogni tanto, anche se tradotto purtroppo, per ricordarsi come scrive chi scrive oggettivamente bene ed é universalmente riconosciuto come tale.
In questo breve romanzo, Mishima riesce a farci sentire l'odore del mare e la salsedine sulla pelle, anche se non siamo stati mai pescatori di perle. Una di quelle prestazioni straordinarie senza la quale, sarebbe stata una breve, e nemmeno tanto indimenticabile, storiellina di un amore contrastato.
Inoltre anche se potrei stare spoilerando qui, non c'é nemmeno bisogno di farne una tragedia per avere un capolavoro!
In questo breve romanzo, Mishima riesce a farci sentire l'odore del mare e la salsedine sulla pelle, anche se non siamo stati mai pescatori di perle. Una di quelle prestazioni straordinarie senza la quale, sarebbe stata una breve, e nemmeno tanto indimenticabile, storiellina di un amore contrastato.
Inoltre anche se potrei stare spoilerando qui, non c'é nemmeno bisogno di farne una tragedia per avere un capolavoro!
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A very enjoyable read. A simple story, well told. I will read more from this author.
More like 4 and a half stars.
My introduction to Yukio Mishima’s 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 you’ll find no tired clichés here, despite the timelessness of the plot. Just as in “Spring Snow” (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1778285944), what could have been an easy tale of young love has much more going on below the surface than you might think!
There is something incredibly romantic to me about the setting: a small, isolated island surrounded by the beauty of the ocean (they say the world’s most beautiful sunsets are to be seen in Japan…), where life is rough but simple, and has followed the pace set by the fishing seasons with a certain indifference towards the modernization of the rest of the country. I probably wouldn’t want to live there is real life, but it’s nice to imagine that such places exist and to escape there for a few hours between the pages of a book.
I know that Mishima was going for something very different, though: he longed for the idealized past of his country, before it opened to the West, before the War, and remote places such as Uta-Jima probably seemed to him like relics of “his” Japan. The people who leave this idyllic little fishing village come back spoiled by city life, corrupt in their actions; as where those who stay behind seem to remain innocent, their hearts untarnished by the big bad world out there. It’s a naïve view, but it infuses this story with a certain fairy tale flavor that’s hard to resist.
Shinji is a young fisherman, who lives with his mother and younger brother on a small, remote island in post-WWII Japan. His life is simple and he is content with his routine, until Hatsue, the daughter of the island’s wealthiest man, comes back to live with her father. But life in a small town means that everyone knows about everyone else’s business, so when he and the young pearl diver fall in love, malicious gossip will try to drive them apart. But Shinji’s devotion is stronger than any spiteful attempt to separate him from Hatsue.
The juxtaposition of the strength and purity of the feelings experienced by Shinji and Hatsue and the descriptions of the fragile houses and huts, the threadbare clothes worn by everyone and the grueling work they must do, with the sea always in the background, is a lyrical and powerful blend. The 200 pages go by in a wink. Mishima’s simple but incredibly graceful prose describes innocent love so well, but it also makes Chiyoko’s feelings just as vivid and painful to witness.
I will be looking for more novels by Mishima: his stories seem to always linger in my mind long after I've turned the last page, the way only great books do.
My introduction to Yukio Mishima’s 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 you’ll find no tired clichés here, despite the timelessness of the plot. Just as in “Spring Snow” (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1778285944), what could have been an easy tale of young love has much more going on below the surface than you might think!
There is something incredibly romantic to me about the setting: a small, isolated island surrounded by the beauty of the ocean (they say the world’s most beautiful sunsets are to be seen in Japan…), where life is rough but simple, and has followed the pace set by the fishing seasons with a certain indifference towards the modernization of the rest of the country. I probably wouldn’t want to live there is real life, but it’s nice to imagine that such places exist and to escape there for a few hours between the pages of a book.
I know that Mishima was going for something very different, though: he longed for the idealized past of his country, before it opened to the West, before the War, and remote places such as Uta-Jima probably seemed to him like relics of “his” Japan. The people who leave this idyllic little fishing village come back spoiled by city life, corrupt in their actions; as where those who stay behind seem to remain innocent, their hearts untarnished by the big bad world out there. It’s a naïve view, but it infuses this story with a certain fairy tale flavor that’s hard to resist.
Shinji is a young fisherman, who lives with his mother and younger brother on a small, remote island in post-WWII Japan. His life is simple and he is content with his routine, until Hatsue, the daughter of the island’s wealthiest man, comes back to live with her father. But life in a small town means that everyone knows about everyone else’s business, so when he and the young pearl diver fall in love, malicious gossip will try to drive them apart. But Shinji’s devotion is stronger than any spiteful attempt to separate him from Hatsue.
The juxtaposition of the strength and purity of the feelings experienced by Shinji and Hatsue and the descriptions of the fragile houses and huts, the threadbare clothes worn by everyone and the grueling work they must do, with the sea always in the background, is a lyrical and powerful blend. The 200 pages go by in a wink. Mishima’s simple but incredibly graceful prose describes innocent love so well, but it also makes Chiyoko’s feelings just as vivid and painful to witness.
I will be looking for more novels by Mishima: his stories seem to always linger in my mind long after I've turned the last page, the way only great books do.
Curioso cómo a veces recuerdas un libro como un dramón y en realidad es una sencilla historia de amor en el marco de una isla esplendorosa.
relaxing
medium-paced
cute and sweet. i love seaside towns and fishing and water and being in love. i wish hatsue killed yasuo with a rock when she had the chance.
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix