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I tried reading Mishima again (this time The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea), but couldn't finish it.

I guess it's just not for me. I always find it hard to separate art from the artist, but even if I didn't hate what Mishima stood for, I'd still have hated this book (or at least, what I've read of it). 🤷

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Jan Manus Leupert (マヌス)Mar 20

@mario Interesting. Haven't read it in a while, but loved it when I did. I agree it's difficult to seperate the art from the artist, but on the other hand I can't lie when I actually do enjoy a novel by someone like Mishima.

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マリオ (Mario Menti)Mar 20

@kojinmanus it's probably just me 😊. I think I maybe subconsciously don't want to like any of his books, but I honestly found this one quite horrible. And I know this is intentional, but I just got to a point where I thought "actually, I don't want to read any more of this"... A bit like American Psycho years ago, to me.

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Jan Manus Leupert (マヌス)

@mario So it's probably just not for you then. Haven't read American Psycho, but I do like the movie, so I guess that makes it 2 out of 2 😅
I get it, maybe I wouldn't read any Mishima or Ishihara Shintarō either if I hadn't started translating. Anyway, I think what's most important is to also mention their problematic politics when talking about their literature.