Death in Midsummer and Other Stories Author:Yukio Mishima Recognized throughout the world for his brilliance as a novelist and playwright, Yukio Mishima is also noted as a master of the short story in his native Japan. Here nine of his finest stories, selected by Mishima himself, represent his extraordinary ability to depict a wide variety of human beings in moments of significance. Often his character... more »s are modern Japanese who turn out to be not so liberated from the past as they had thought.« less