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'A novel of great power' Times Literary Supplement'In these troubled times Hemingway's clarity, spirituality and sense of hard reality in the midst of confusion is very helpful' Sunday Telegraph;  304 pages; Published: 04\/02\/1999\u003cdiv class=\"goodreadr\" data-isbn=\"9780099273974\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42214320341171,"sku":"9780099273974","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0024\/6874\/1219\/products\/9780099273974.jpg?v=1669821692"},{"product_id":"9780099282891","title":"Runaway Horses by Yukio Mishima","description":"Read this classic exploration of political violence, traditional samurai values and right wing nihilism.                                                                                                                                                                                 Isao is a young, engaging patriot, and a fanatical believer in the ancient samurai ethos. He turns terrorist, organising a violent plot against the new industrialists, who he believes are threatening the integrity of Japan and usurping the Emperor's rightful power. As the conspiracy unfolds and unravels, Mishima brilliantly chronicles the conflicts of a decade that saw the fabric of Japanese life torn apart.;  432 pages; Published: 11\/03\/1999\u003cdiv class=\"goodreadr\" data-isbn=\"9780099282891\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42214320636083,"sku":"9780099282891","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0024\/6874\/1219\/products\/9780099282891.jpg?v=1669819594"},{"product_id":"9780099282990","title":"Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima","description":"Tokyo, 1912. 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'A sparse, masculine, world-weary meditation on death, ideology and the savagery of war in general' Sunday Telegraph'One of the greatest novels which our troubled age will produce' Observer **One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**;  496 pages; Published: 27\/05\/1999\u003cdiv class=\"goodreadr\" data-isbn=\"9780099289821\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42214321356979,"sku":"9780099289821","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0024\/6874\/1219\/products\/9780099289821.jpg?v=1669819893"},{"product_id":"9780099289982","title":"The Sound Of Waves by Yukio Mishima","description":"'A work of art...altogether a joyous and lovely thing' New York TimesSet in a remote fishing village in Japan, The Sound of Waves is a timeless story of first love.   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