- Hardcover
- Publisher: Knopf, N.Y. 1974.; 1st Edition edition (1974)
- ASIN: B000ILNURG
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
brilliant,
This review is from: Decay of the Angel (Paperback)
CONFESSIONS OF A MASK *****THE SAILOR WHO FELL FROM GRACE WITH THE SEA ***** THE GOLDEN TEMPLE ***** SPRING SNOW **** RUNAWAY HORSES ***** THE TEMPLE OF DAWN *** THE DECAY OF THE ANGEL *****
5.0 out of 5 stars
culmination of the tetralogy,
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This review is from: The Decay of the Angel (Paperback)
"Spring Snow" was brilliant and breathtakingly beautiful."Runaway Horses" was Spartan, brave and controversial. "Temple of Dawn" was somewhat boring, but decadent in an atractive sort of way. Here comes the last part, which is a real culmination of the tetralogy. It is intellectually stimulating, highly mystical and very personal. Is it also very sad and pessimistic. It is a book about death and nihilism. Main characters are brilliant. It is of course Honda - the man of Reason, who is more real and attractive and complete as a person than in any previous book, but also a rich hedonistic lesbian destroyed by old age, Toru - the last reincarnation of Kiyoaki, who lost all his powers of uncompromising life and beauty, mad ugly girl, who believes she is very beautiful, mysterios enlightened Satoko, and the main protagonist of the novel - Japan the Great that greadualy lost her uniqueness and tradition and spirit during the infamous XX century and now is close to death. Particulary powerful is the scene when Honda visits beach made famous by ancient No play about the decay of the angel, and discovers that this harmonic holy place is desecrated by tourists with countless fast-food bags and Cola cans scattered all over it. Also the last few pages is the very best ending I've ever read. And dont forget about translation. Seidensticker is really superior to any translator from Japanese to English.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Please do not "See just the trees, but not the forest",
By Yaojung Yang (Edison, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Decay of the Angel (Paperback)
"See just the trees, but not the forest" is an old Chinese saying, meaning to comprehend, and thus evaluate, things only from partial angles and views. To assess/critic, even compare any one of the 4 "Sea of Fertility" novels is to do just that. The 4 novels are all part of a grand design in a way very much like 4 movements from a symphony. Yes each novel stands on its own as a great literature accomplishment, but so does each movement of any symphony by Beethoven or Mahler. Now, I am not a write or a literature critic in any shape or form, but I have read the complete "Sea of Fertility" twice before, and am onto "Runaway Horses" for the third time now. Just want to remind every one that, these novels are not meant to be read individually.
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