The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

Yukio Mishima with John Nathan (Translator)

144 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

fiction classics dark reflective slow-paced

Description

A band of savage thirteen-year-old boys reject the adult world as illusory, hypocritical, and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness they call 'objectivity'. When the mother of one of them begins an affair with a ship's officer,...

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Moods

dark 92%
reflective 50%
tense 47%
challenging 29%
mysterious 22%
sad 21%
emotional 16%
adventurous 6%
hopeful 1%
relaxing 1%

Pace

medium 48%
slow 34%
fast 17%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 72% | A mix: 20% | Plot: 5% | N/A: 1%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 41% | No: 32% | Yes: 24% | N/A: 2%

Loveable characters?

No: 63% | It's complicated: 30% | Yes: 4% | N/A: 1%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 67% | Yes: 14% | It's complicated: 8% | N/A: 8%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 77% | It's complicated: 19% | No: 2% | N/A: 1%

Average rating

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