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A review by lakmus
Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima
3.0
Only picked this up as background info to "Runaway Horses", which I am yet to read.
I have a suspicion that the plot (dramatic, but not at all unusual – I had a vague feeling that I must have read it all before, it's very 19th century lit), is a thin excuse to display the characters and the landscapes. This is more about poetry than about message or even choices - everything rolls along so smoothly and everyone plays their parts so well there don't seem to be any choices happening. This is a beautiful tragedy, with emphasis on beautiful.
There might be also some kind of reflection happening on the history of early 20th century Japan, but I am largely missing it because of lack of background knowledge on the period.
I have a suspicion that the plot (dramatic, but not at all unusual – I had a vague feeling that I must have read it all before, it's very 19th century lit), is a thin excuse to display the characters and the landscapes. This is more about poetry than about message or even choices - everything rolls along so smoothly and everyone plays their parts so well there don't seem to be any choices happening. This is a beautiful tragedy, with emphasis on beautiful.
There might be also some kind of reflection happening on the history of early 20th century Japan, but I am largely missing it because of lack of background knowledge on the period.