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  • Published: 1 July 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407053851
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 192

The Sound of Waves




A classic, elegant romance set in a Japanese fishing village.

'A work of art...altogether a joyous and lovely thing' New York Times
Set in a remote fishing village in Japan, The Sound of Waves is a timeless story of first love.

It tells of Shinji, a young fisherman and Hatsue, the beautiful daughter of the wealthiest man in the village. Shinji is entranced at the sight of Hatsue in the twilight on the beach and they fall in love. When the villagers' gossip threatens to divide them, Shinki must risk his life to prove his worth.

'A sunny masterpiece' Los Angeles Times

  • Published: 1 July 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407053851
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 192

About the author

Yukio Mishima

Yukio Mishima was born in 1925 in Tokyo, and is considered one of the Japan's most important writers. His books broke social boundaries and taboos at a time when Japan found itself in a state of rapid social change. His interests, besides writing, included body-building, acting and practising as a Samurai. In 1970 he attempted to start a military coup, which failed. Upon realizing this, Mishima performed seppuku, a ritual suicide, upon himself. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature three times.

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Praise for The Sound of Waves

A work of art...altogether a joyous and lovely thing

New York Times

Of such classic design its action might take place at any point across a thousand years

San Francisco Chronicle

A pastoral with ancient Greek overtones

Boston Globe

A sunny masterpiece

Los Angeles Times

A pastoral with ancient Greek overtones

Boston Globe

A sunny masterpiece

Los Angeles Times

A work of art...altogether a joyous and lovely thing

New York Times

Of such classic design its action might take place at any point across a thousand years

San Francisco Chronicle