Forbidden Colors
by Mishima, Yukio
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's gilt-titled green cloth, yellow topstain. Stated first American edition. Some inked underlining p. 203. Firm and square. The DJ in mylar is lightly sunned to spine/edges, slightly edgeworn/soiled. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
Forbidden Colors is a novel by Yukio Mishima, translated into English in 1968. The name kinjiki is a euphemism for homosexuality. The kanji 禁 means "forbidden" and 色 in this case means "erotic love", although it can also mean "color". The word "kinjiki" also means colors which were forbidden to be worn by people of various ranks in the Japanese court. It describes a marriage of a gay man to a young woman.
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42342
- Title
- Forbidden Colors
- Author
- Mishima, Yukio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1968
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