Yukio Mishima,Sam Bett - Star
Yukio Mishima,Sam Bett - Star All eyes are on Rikio. His fans cheer, screaming and yelling to attract his attention--they would kill for a moment alone with him. And he likes it, mostly. Being a…
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Yukio Mishima,Sam Bett - Star
All eyes are on Rikio. His fans cheer, screaming and yelling to attract his attention--they would kill for a moment alone with him. And he likes it, mostly.
Being a star, constantly performing, being watched and scrutinized as if under a microscope, is often a drag. 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. 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