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Arts & Letters - Book Club. Yukio Mishima - Patriotism

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Time: March 6, 2012 from 7:30pm to 10pm
Location: Grandpa's
Street: Xikang Hutong
City/Town: The Chun - sunshine city
Event Type: bookclub, meeting
Organized By: Arts & Letters
Latest Activity: Mar 6, 2012

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Yukio Mishima was the pen name of Kimitake Hiraoka (1925 – 1970), a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor and film director, also remembered for his ritual suicide by seppuku after a failed coup d'état. Nominated three times for the Nobel Prize in Literature, Mishima was internationally famous and is considered one of the most important Japanese authors of the 20th century, whose avant-garde work displayed a blending of modern and traditional aesthetics that broke cultural boundaries, with a focus on sexuality, death, and political change.^[3]

"Patriotism" (憂国, Yūkoku) is a short story by Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. It was written in 1960, first published in 1966, and translated into English the same year. The character 憂 (yū) actually means "worry" or "concern", and though Yūkoku is translated as "patriotism", the word bears with it a meaning more congruent with "concern for one's country" rather than patriotism directly.

The book can be read here:

http://www.mutantfrog.com/patriotism-by-yukio-mishima/

The film can be seen here:

http://www.ubu.com/film/mishima_rite.html

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Comment by Marcella Caprario on March 6, 2012 at 8:45: Sorry, I'm exhausted today. Also, I didn't really dig the book this time around. See you next time.

Comment by Richard Roman on March 4, 2012 at 20:11: Not many attending yet! Just a short read though if you want to come along!

Comment by Richard Roman on January 22, 2012 at 14:38: The story is only 14 pages long - so no excuses anyone!

Also, you can watch the film

Please read around the subject. I know very little of japanese literature so hopefully I will learn a lot!