Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima

Confessions of a Mask

Yukio Mishima with Meredith Weatherby (Translator)

176 pages • first pub 1949 (view editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ dark emotional reflective slow-paced
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Confessions of a Mask is ideal for readers drawn to introspective, emotionally layered narratives that explore the tension between forbidden desire and societal conformity through a hauntingly poetic lens.

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 'There is in this world a kind of desire like stinging pain'A Japanese teenager is overcome with longing for his male classmate. He imagines his body punctured with arrows, like the body of St Sebastian in the painting that obsesses him. Over and...

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Community Reviews

3.87
based on 4,168 reviews

Moods

reflective: 86%

dark: 61%

emotional: 49%

sad: 43%

challenging: 30%

tense: 17%

mysterious: 7%

informative: 6%

inspiring: 3%

funny: 2%

adventurous: 1%

hopeful: 1%

relaxing: 1%

Pace

7% of readers chose fast
42% of readers chose medium
50% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

3% of readers chose A mix
95% of readers chose Character
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

29% of readers chose Yes
50% of readers chose Complicated
19% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

11% of readers chose Yes
52% of readers chose Complicated
34% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

17% of readers chose Yes
12% of readers chose Complicated
62% of readers chose No
7% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

89% of readers chose Yes
9% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

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