Taiyō to tetsu
三島由紀夫
Literary Fiction
Taiyō to tetsu
by 三島由紀夫
—· 107 p· 1970
20th Century ClassicLiterary Canonreflectivephilosophical
Overview
About
A meditation on why a modern Japanese writer rejected the veracity of the word for the spiritual discipline of physical action, culminating in the gesture at the Self-Defense Force Headquarters in November 1970
Pages
107
Kodansha International]
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
5/5
Profound
Rating
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Reader feel
Psychological Introspection10
Prose9
Symbolic Density9
Emotional depth8
Narration8
Pacing5
Plot twists3
Worldbuilding2
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