by Yukio Mishima, Alfred Marks · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140181593
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«Forbidden Colours» is the novel by Yukio Mishima, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (432 pages, in English).
In postwar Japan, Yuichi, a young man beautiful and irresistible to women, enters a loveless marriage and ventures into the homosexual underworld. Through his story, Mishima explores desire, revenge, and the tension between social appearance and secret identity.
Originally published in Japanese in 1951 as «Kinjiki»; the Penguin Classics edition was published in 1991.
For readers interested in Japanese literature, modern classics, and LGBT-themed fiction.
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.
