Kyōko no Ie

Kyōko no Ie (鏡子の家) ("Kyoko's House") is a 1959 novel by the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. The book tells the interconnected stories of four young men who represent different facets of the author's personality. His athletic side appears as a boxer, his artistic side as a painter, his narcissistic, performing side as an actor and his secretive, nihilistic side as a businessman who goes through the motions of living a normal life while practicing "absolute contempt for reality".

Kyōko no Ie

Kyōko no Ie (鏡子の家) ("Kyoko's House") is a 1959 novel by the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. The book tells the interconnected stories of four young men who represent different facets of the author's personality. His athletic side appears as a boxer, his artistic side as a painter, his narcissistic, performing side as an actor and his secretive, nihilistic side as a businessman who goes through the motions of living a normal life while practicing "absolute contempt for reality".