Star
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All eyes are upon Rikio. And he likes it, mostly. His fans cheer from a roped-off section, screaming and yelling to attract his attention--they would kill for a moment alone with him. Finally the director sets up the shot, the camera begins to roll, someone yells "action"; Rikio, for a moment, transforms into another being, a hardened young yakuza, but as soon as the shot is finished, he slumps back into his own anxieties and obsessions. Being a star, constantly performing, being watched and scrutinized as if under a microscope, is often a drag. But so is life. Written shortly after Yukio Mishima himself had acted in the film "Afraid to Die, " this novella is a rich and unflinching psychological portrait of a celebrity coming apart at the seams. With exquisite, vivid prose, Star begs the question: is there any escape from how we are seen by others?
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9780811228428
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Grouping Title | star |
Grouping Author | yukio mishima |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-03-25 04:21:31AM |
Last Indexed | 2024-03-28 04:35:33AM |
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Bett, Sam, 1986-
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Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970
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Bett, Sam,1986-translator
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Mishima, Yukio
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ADULT
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Edgewater Library - Adult Fiction
Maryland City at Russett Library - Adult Fiction
Edgewater Library - Adult Fiction
Maryland City at Russett Library - Adult Fiction
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All eyes are upon Rikio. And he likes it, mostly. His fans cheer from a roped-off section, screaming and yelling to attract his attention--they would kill for a moment alone with him. Finally the director sets up the shot, the camera begins to roll, someone yells "action"; Rikio, for a moment, transforms into another being, a hardened young yakuza, but as soon as the shot is finished, he slumps back into his own anxieties and obsessions. Being a star, constantly performing, being watched and scrutinized as if under a microscope, is often a drag. But so is life. Written shortly after Yukio Mishima himself had acted in the film "Afraid to Die, " this novella is a rich and unflinching psychological portrait of a celebrity coming apart at the seams. With exquisite, vivid prose, Star begs the question: is there any escape from how we are seen by others?
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Fiction
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Anne Arundel County Public Library
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Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library
Edgewater Library
Maryland City at Russett Library
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Maryland City at Russett Library
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9780811228428
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2019
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New Directions
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Actors -- Fiction
Autobiographical fiction
Fame -- Fiction
Social perception -- Fiction
Autobiographical fiction
Fame -- Fiction
Social perception -- Fiction
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Star
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Star / by Yukio Mishima ; translated by Sam Bett
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Star
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Actors
Fame
Social perception
Fame
Social perception
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