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Acts of Worship: Seven Stories

Yukio Mishima,

John Bester (Translator)

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Dec 12, 2019 Killer of Dreams rated it did not like it · review of another edition

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I feel that this collection of short stories was a joke played on me. The short stories felt pointless and dealt with topics that seemed unlike Mishima.

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Preface: I am disappointed that John Bester, the translator, did not include about a dozen lines because of their inability to render the original as faithful as possible.

I believe that I will come across one or two stories from this collection that I will enjoy and which will reach the heights of three and four stars, while the rest will b ...more

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