Death in Midsummer: And Other Stories (New Directions Paperbook)

Genius...Yukio Mishima is one of the great writers of the 20th-century. An extraordinary mind.

When I read a writer such as Mishima I'm not only experiencing a narrative but also dueling with another darkness behind the words. A seemingly empty house haunted with invisible presences obtusely felt, and the tingle of awareness that someone else is in it, watching.--Benjamin Hale

In Death in Midsummer Yukio Mishima unfolds to English-language readers a range of his talents as he explores a variety of pathways into the complex Japanese personality. He can be funny, even hilarious, but he is also capable of plunging into the dark psychic depths achieved by Hitchcock.--Robert Trumbull

Nine short stories by the Japanese literary genius provide insights into the struggles and problems of his contemporary countrymen