CONFESSIONS OF A MASK BY YUKIO MISHIMA (JAPANESE NOVEL)

CONFESSION OF A MASK BY YUKIO MISHIMA\nTHIS IS A JAPANESE NOVEL, WRITTEN IN JAPANESE.\nThis is a confessional story about \""I,\"" who struggles with his unusual sexual tendencies and objectively vivisects himself from his upbringing. The novel depicts his awareness of his own sexual orientation and the trials and tribulations of love between a man and a woman, written in an intellectual and poetic style filled with pain and sorrow. At the time, this frank portrayal of homosexuality caused a stir, and this work catapulted Mishima to fame as a writer at the age of 24.