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By now, Yukio Mishima’s (1925-1970) dramatic demise through an act of seppuku after an inflammatory public speech has become the stuff of literary legend. With Patriotism, Mishima was able to give his heartwrenching patriotic idealism an immortal vessel. A lieutenant in the Japanese army comes home to his wife and informs her that his closest friends have become mutineers. He and his beautiful loyal wife decide to end their lives together. In unwavering detail Mishima describes Shinji and Reiko making love for the last time and the couple’s seppuku that follows.

"Was it death he was now waiting for? Or a wild ecstasy of the senses?" For the young army officer of Yukio Mishima's seminal story, "Patriotism," death and ecstasy become intertwined. With his unique rigor and passion, Mishima hones in on the body as the great tragic stage for all we call social, ritual, political.

Молодой офицер, недавно женившийся, и еще не успевший вкусить ни любви, ни семейной жизни, узнает, что переворот, в котором были замешаны его друзья, провалился и скоро ему — офицеру войск — придется арестовывать собственных друзей. Харакири — единственный для него способ сохранить честь. Он совершает этот «прекрасный» ритуал, а следом за ним харакири делает и кайсяку (помощник) — его юная жена.

One of the most powerful short stories ever written: Yukio Mishima's masterpiece about the erotics of patriotism and honor, love and suicide.