{"version":"1.0","type":"link","provider_name":"Hardcover","provider_url":"https://hardcover.app","cache_age":86400,"title":"Antti's review of The Sound Of Waves","url":"https://hardcover.app/books/the-sound-of-waves/reviews/@kenttiaisala","author_name":"Antti","author_url":"https://hardcover.app/@kenttiaisala","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;I\u0026amp;#39;m impressed more and more with Mishima. The two works I\u0026amp;#39;ve now had the pleasure to acquaint with, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea\u0026lt;/i\u0026gt; and now this, are singular works, Mishima\u0026amp;#39;s prose full of power, beauty and life. I\u0026amp;#39;m going to visit the golden pavilion first before embarking on a journey to the sea of fertility. I can\u0026amp;#39;t wait.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;The Sound of Waves is a coming-of-age story, a Romeo and Juliet of forbidden love, a social study of a closed island community like Imamura\u0026amp;#39;s \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Profound Desires of the Gods\u0026lt;/i\u0026gt;, a predestined Greek tragedy with the interference of the deus ex machina, and ultimately a very strong statement of Mishima\u0026amp;#39;s acute sense for the artful. His descriptions are alive with feeling for that which can be touched and that which can only be dreamed in silence; the characters are formed with broad brushstrokes, and come to life first as if from afar, then more and more in detail. And, it\u0026amp;#39;s as if Mishima wanted to show that once in a while, there is love and contentment, and happiness.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;It\u0026amp;#39;s not easy to write economically and with clarity, and convey what\u0026amp;#39;s important. It\u0026amp;#39;s always easier to wander off a bit on the way instead of going straight ahead. Mishima certainly knows how to, and that\u0026amp;#39;s what brings such an edge to his writing. This is an author who seems to know what he\u0026amp;#39;s saying and why, a rare gift indeed.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;28 October,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;2014\u0026lt;/p\u0026gt;","thumbnail_url":"https://assets.hardcover.app/edition/19166565/4359707-L.jpg","thumbnail_width":128,"thumbnail_height":194}