School of the Flesh: An advanced love bible that modern people cannot miss, Yukio Mishima's heterosexual love novel that transcends the times.

The one who accepts love derives from self-blasphemy a never-ending ecstasy;

And those who give love will not hesitate to fall into hell, but will never give up their desperate pursuit.

Mishima's most modern cross-generational romance novel

A superior love Bible that modern people should not miss.

Yukio Mishima's heterosexual romance novel that transcends the times

Taeko Asano, a 39-year-old fashion designer, runs a tailoring shop with taste, business skills and beauty. She is tired of the shackles attached to women by the times that women should be gentle and virtuous, and pursues the unknown romantic experience between men and women.

However, in Taeko's free and wealthy life, a desert-like desolation appears in her heart from time to time.

At this time, when she met the bartender Senkichi, Taeko fell in love with him at first sight and couldn't help but indulge in his 21 -year-old youthful and wild body...

Put your heart aside and love each other purely with your body.

Only in the pure union of body and body,

Only then will you enter a state where there is no worry and harmony between nature and man.

"School of the Flesh" was originally published in 1964 and has been made into movies twice. Different from the violent aesthetics of "Worry for the Country" and "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion", in this book, Mishima meticulously depicts the inner battle of love and desire, presenting dramatic and entertaining climaxes. Even after different generations, the charm remains Unabated. From the nature of desire, the power relationship of love, and the confrontation between characters, Mishima profoundly depicts the love mania that transcends age and status, and delicately describes the female psychology, and how the two people test each other and showdown in the relationship, presenting a wonderful film A stylish romance novel for adults.

Using the youthful body as the ignition point, what is burning is the loneliness and difficulty of pursuing love──

"Even if it is the same night spent alone, after falling in love, even loneliness is a kind of enjoyment. This can be said to be her cold side. When she has a boyfriend, the joy and fun that loneliness brings to her are not in her heart She misses her lover, but she enjoys the satisfaction of being rich, beautiful and having a male companion. It is an extremely abstract and clear happiness."

"If there is no love, loneliness becomes terrible loneliness, and the value of being single also rises sharply.

There is a sudden drop, sometimes I am high-spirited, sometimes I feel that everything has lost its meaning, that is, loneliness has become a war. "

"The root of her lust and appetite does not come from strong desire, but from being too lazy to control anything."

"To be in such a longing state of mind now is not considered the sweetness of love, it is simply a big gamble regardless of the odds."

"When love is established, a wonderful friendship of openness quietly grows."

"The pleasure of being able to act unscrupulously as a difficult woman in front of this man has brought her some happiness."

"Their biggest characteristic is that they never get tired of things between men and women, even though they are dating one after another. They have unique insights into women's ankles, but they will run away immediately if they want to have a deep philosophical discussion with them."