{"product_id":"runaway-horses-the-sea-of-fertility-2-9780679722403","title":"Runaway Horses: The Sea of Fertility, 2","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe second novel in the masterful tetralogy, \u003ci\u003eThe Sea of Fertility--\u003c\/i\u003eand \"a modern masterpiece\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Baltimore Sun)--\u003c\/i\u003enarrated by a judge in Osaka who believes he has met the successive reincarnation of his childhood friend Kiyoaki Matsugae.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1932, Shigeuki Honda has become a judge in Osaka. Convinced that a young rightist revolutionary, Isao, is the reincarnation of his friend Kiyoaki\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e Honda commits himself to saving the youth from an untimely death. Isao, driven to patriotic fanaticism by a father who instilled in him the ethos of the ancient samurai, organizes a violent plot against the new industrialists who he believes are usurping the Emperor's rightful power and threatening the very integrity of the nation. \u003ci\u003eRunaway Horses\u003c\/i\u003e is the chronicle of a conspiracy -- a novel about the roots and nature of Japanese fanaticism in the years that led to war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYUKIO MISHIMA was born in Tokyo in 1925. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University's School of Jurisprudence in 1947. His first published book, \u003ci\u003eThe Forest in Full Bloom\u003c\/i\u003e, appeared in 1944 and he established himself as a major author with \u003ci\u003eConfessions of a Mask \u003c\/i\u003e(1949). From then until his death he continued to publish novels, short stories, and plays each year. His crowning achievement, \u003ci\u003eThe Sea of Fertility\u003c\/i\u003e tetralogy--which contains the novels \u003ci\u003eSpring Snow\u003c\/i\u003e (1969), \u003ci\u003eRunaway Horses\u003c\/i\u003e (1969), \u003ci\u003eThe Temple of Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e (1970), and \u003ci\u003eThe Decay of the Angel \u003c\/i\u003e(1971)--is considered one of the definitive works of twentieth century Japanese fiction. In 1970, at the age of 45 and the day after completing the last novel in the \u003ci\u003eFertility\u003c\/i\u003e series, Mishima committed \u003ci\u003eseppuku\u003c\/i\u003e (ritual suicide)--a spectacular death that attracted worldwide attention.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50625540030738,"sku":"9780679722403","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2f244a66-2695-4b83-9a3b-4c6191243923.jpg?v=1732631661","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/runaway-horses-the-sea-of-fertility-2-9780679722403","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}