by Yukio Mishima · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070371013
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«Après le banquet» is the novel by Yukio Mishima published by Folio in paperback format (288 pages, in French).
Kazu, owner of a large restaurant in Tokyo, meets Noguchi, a former minister, at a banquet. Although she believed herself immune to love, she ends up marrying him. The coexistence between the practical, independent businesswoman and the idealistic intellectual is marked by conflicts, in a portrait of the social tensions of modern Japan.
This novel was originally published in 1960 under the title «Utage no Ato»; this French edition of 1979, translated by Gaston Renondeau, corresponds to no. 1101 of the Folio collection.
This work is intended for readers interested in Japanese literature and twentieth-century classics.
Kimitake Hiraoka, known by his pen name Yukio Mishima, was a Japanese novelist, playwright, short story writer, actor, martial artist, model, and the leader of an attempted coup d'état that culminated in his seppuku. He is considered one of the most important postwar stylists of the Japanese language.
