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A review by bibliolucinda
Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima
5.0
“Just now I had a dream. I'll see you again. I know it. Beneath the falls.”
Beautiful and heartbreaking, this is a true masterpiece, and one that I didn't expect to hit as hard as it did. Having read The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea last year and enjoying it, but also finding it slightly underwhelming, I wondered if it was worth giving another Mishima novel a go. With Spring Snow, he has reversed my expectations and shot straight to the top of my list to read more works of his. Sublime writing and a tragic narrative combine to make for a truly special novel and reading experience.
"Long ago he had resolved to recognize his emotions as his only guiding truth and to live his life accordingly, even if meant a deliberate aimlessness. That principle had now brought him to his present sinister feelings of joy, which seemed to be the brink of a racing plunging whirlpool. There seemed to be nothing left but to throw himself into it."
Beautiful and heartbreaking, this is a true masterpiece, and one that I didn't expect to hit as hard as it did. Having read The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea last year and enjoying it, but also finding it slightly underwhelming, I wondered if it was worth giving another Mishima novel a go. With Spring Snow, he has reversed my expectations and shot straight to the top of my list to read more works of his. Sublime writing and a tragic narrative combine to make for a truly special novel and reading experience.
"Long ago he had resolved to recognize his emotions as his only guiding truth and to live his life accordingly, even if meant a deliberate aimlessness. That principle had now brought him to his present sinister feelings of joy, which seemed to be the brink of a racing plunging whirlpool. There seemed to be nothing left but to throw himself into it."