Forbidden Colors
by Mishima, Yukio
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Plus
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
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
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004230
- Title
- Forbidden Colors
- Author
- Mishima, Yukio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
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