Thank you Grant…… interesting take, & good hair cut……… the little one is simply adorable ……. I’m re-reading my little original Vintage paperback “The Sibyl” by Nobel Laureate Pär Lagerkvist….154 pages. Small masterpiece. Regards, Miss Jenny
Thanks a lot Jenny, recently he is howling like a monkey. The Sibyl, it looks interesting, I will add it to my endless list of books to read! Thanks for writing!
@@grantlovesbooks Get rid of the rubbish American TV propaganda, just read to the little one…… Good of you to reply. He has a surrogate grandma in Manhattan…..
I forgot about the cat. What a great Mishima. You know, your theory, interesting how samurai philosophy is akin to the emperor as godhead politics of Yukio. He is making that point, that inner stoic courage which at the time I read it, really punk. There's a not half-bad film with Kris Kristofferson set in England. Yukio does have a morbid side though, he's got lots of death imagery. Not gratuitous, it's how he rolled!
Hello Timothy, it really is a great novel. And I don't think I have been disappointed with Mishima yet. I love the morbid and the grotesque, I like it when my literature takes me to dark places. Set in England, with an American actor? That must be a real piece of film nostalgia.
@@grantlovesbooksHis work is really evergreen. He successfully universalizes aspects of Japanese culture. Back when I was a teenager and punk was first happening in NYC Mishima along with Burroughs and Rimbaud were considered heroes. There was a one man show way off off Broadway that was quite popular among these underground circles. It was mainly for Confessions of a Mask. I became enamored and it's amazing how much of his work resonates decades later.
@@timhrklittimothyherrickvid169 Wow, that must have been quite an amazing time to come of age in a city where everything was happening! I'm looking forward to going back to Confessions of a Mask some time. Mishima really has a lot of books to read! Thanks for writing Timothy, always happy to hear from you!
@@grantlovesbooks it was interesting because punk was associated with the poetry, theater, performance art that was happening so you had access to art, thought and ideas, which I was hungry for having grown up and still living in the suburbs. Bookstores everywhere. When Punk hit in England then elsewhere, it became a wider cultural phenom, fashion and politics. I did luck into that sliver of time when it was like let's go to the village, one night it was CBGBs, another night Yukio Mishima one man play. NY punk always had a literary edge that was lost as the music spread. I also saw a one man play of Artaud, quite transformative. cheers.
@@timhrklittimothyherrickvid169 Amazing! What an incredible time to be alive and to see all those things. I am from Ottawa which is a sleepy town. When I was in my 20's I was more than a little wild, due to excessive drinking, and I had some fun, but actual important cultural moments that became almost legendary in cultural history never happened. I always wanted to be a writer, and one day I knew I would never write anything if I stayed in Ottawa, so I moved to Europe to teach English. I was really lucky to discover Budapest and call it my home for 16 years. Now I'm back in Canada it feels like my entire life has been anesthetized. Nothing happens, everyone is fat, no one smiles or laughs. It's like purgatory, but people don't realize it because they are so obsessed with hoarding money.
Thank you Grant…… interesting take, & good hair cut……… the little one is simply adorable ……. I’m re-reading my little original Vintage paperback “The Sibyl” by Nobel Laureate Pär Lagerkvist….154 pages. Small masterpiece. Regards, Miss Jenny
Thanks a lot Jenny, recently he is howling like a monkey. The Sibyl, it looks interesting, I will add it to my endless list of books to read! Thanks for writing!
@@grantlovesbooks Get rid of the rubbish American TV propaganda, just read to the little one…… Good of you to reply. He has a surrogate grandma in Manhattan…..
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Thanks Grant. Just discovered and subscribed, excellent. Please persevere, you will gain a loyal readership but gradually.
Thank you Stephen, I'm happy you enjoy the channel.
Your future students will be blessed to have you.
Yes, they will! He's amazing!
Thanks Deb. It's funny, I haven't thought about teaching for a long time!
@@nikkivenable73 Thanks a lot Nikki! Hope you are doing well!
I forgot about the cat. What a great Mishima. You know, your theory, interesting how samurai philosophy is akin to the emperor as godhead politics of Yukio. He is making that point, that inner stoic courage which at the time I read it, really punk. There's a not half-bad film with Kris Kristofferson set in England. Yukio does have a morbid side though, he's got lots of death imagery. Not gratuitous, it's how he rolled!
Hello Timothy, it really is a great novel. And I don't think I have been disappointed with Mishima yet. I love the morbid and the grotesque, I like it when my literature takes me to dark places. Set in England, with an American actor? That must be a real piece of film nostalgia.
@@grantlovesbooksHis work is really evergreen. He successfully universalizes aspects of Japanese culture. Back when I was a teenager and punk was first happening in NYC Mishima along with Burroughs and Rimbaud were considered heroes. There was a one man show way off off Broadway that was quite popular among these underground circles. It was mainly for Confessions of a Mask. I became enamored and it's amazing how much of his work resonates decades later.
@@timhrklittimothyherrickvid169 Wow, that must have been quite an amazing time to come of age in a city where everything was happening!
I'm looking forward to going back to Confessions of a Mask some time. Mishima really has a lot of books to read!
Thanks for writing Timothy, always happy to hear from you!
@@grantlovesbooks it was interesting because punk was associated with the poetry, theater, performance art that was happening so you had access to art, thought and ideas, which I was hungry for having grown up and still living in the suburbs. Bookstores everywhere. When Punk hit in England then elsewhere, it became a wider cultural phenom, fashion and politics. I did luck into that sliver of time when it was like let's go to the village, one night it was CBGBs, another night Yukio Mishima one man play. NY punk always had a literary edge that was lost as the music spread. I also saw a one man play of Artaud, quite transformative. cheers.
@@timhrklittimothyherrickvid169 Amazing! What an incredible time to be alive and to see all those things. I am from Ottawa which is a sleepy town. When I was in my 20's I was more than a little wild, due to excessive drinking, and I had some fun, but actual important cultural moments that became almost legendary in cultural history never happened.
I always wanted to be a writer, and one day I knew I would never write anything if I stayed in Ottawa, so I moved to Europe to teach English. I was really lucky to discover Budapest and call it my home for 16 years.
Now I'm back in Canada it feels like my entire life has been anesthetized. Nothing happens, everyone is fat, no one smiles or laughs. It's like purgatory, but people don't realize it because they are so obsessed with hoarding money.
Not certain this one is for me.nice review though. I'm currently reading The Twilight Years by Ariyoshi and really enjoying it.
I had a look for The Twilight Years, it looks like something I would very much like to read. Thanks for the recommendation.