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Beautiful Star
Beautiful Star | Yukio Mishima
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Beautiful Star is a 1962 tale of family, love, nuclear war and UFOs, and was the novel Mishima considered to be his masterpiece. Translated into English for the first time, this atmospheric black comedy tells the story of the Osugi family, who come to the sudden realization that each of them hails from a different planet: Father from Mars, mother from Jupiter, son from Mercury and daughter from Venus. This extra-terrestrial knowledge brings them closer together, and convinces them that they have a mission: to find others of their kind, and save humanity from the imminent threat of the atomic bomb...
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AnneCecilie
AnneCecilie
Beautiful Star | Yukio Mishima
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Mehso-so

A family believe that they are extraterrestrials and that they all come from different plants. But they want peace on earth. At the same time there‘s another trio who believes that they are also extraterrestrials but they want to exterminate humans.

I never got along with this novel and feel that it kept me at a distance. I don‘t think I got what the author was trying to tell but that might be because I don‘t know enough about Japan and its

AnneCecilie history. To be honest, if I hadn‘t bought this book I probably would have bailed on it. 2y
AnneCecilie I had hoped to read it last month for #foodandlit #Japan @Texreader @Butterfinger and @Catsandbooks #1962 #192025 @Librarybelle 2y
Hedon Love the cover though. 2y
AnneCecilie @Hedon The cover is amazing, that‘s what drew me to the book in the first place 2y
Librarybelle That cover is pretty cool! 2y
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Oryx
Oryx
Beautiful Star | Yukio Mishima
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Starting one of my #bookshopcrawl purchases - isn't this a beautiful cover?

Soubhiville It is pretty, and the book sounds strange. I look forward to your review. 3y
squirrelbrain Interested to hear your thoughts on this one. 3y
DrexEdit Love it! 😍 I would have snapped that book right up also! 3y
AnneCecilie I bought this today. That cover drew me in, it‘s so beautiful. 3y
Caroline2 That is a fantastic cover! 😍 2y
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Oryx
Oryx
Beautiful Star | Yukio Mishima
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My beautiful stack from yesterday's #bookshopcrawl
Only one of those (O Pioneers) was on my tbr, the rest I had never heard of before, but something drew me to them in the shops - I love the sound of them all. Anybody read any of these?

@scripturient @squirrelbrain @Leniverse @LeeRHarry

TrishB Not read any and they all look fab 😁 3y
squirrelbrain You certainly found some ‘never-heard-of-that-before‘ books! 3y
Caroline2 Great looking stack! 3y
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andrew61 A great looking selection. 3y
Dragon Great haul! 📚💚🐉 3y
MicheleinPhilly I‘ve heard of Miss Buncle and O Pioneers (I think I may have read that in high school) but am otherwise unfamiliar with all the rest. That‘s impressive! 3y
LeahBergen Miss Buncle‘s Book is good! 3y
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