Description
Rikio lives in the glare of adoration, where every gesture is measured, every silence interpreted, and the crowd’s hunger for him never truly ends. In a tightly wound psychological portrait, he slips between the hardened persona he performs on cue and the private anxieties that surface the moment the cameras stop rolling. As fame turns his life into a perpetual act—scrutinized, staged, and consumed—he confronts the cost of being seen and the uneasy question of whether authenticity can survive constant performance. Written in the wake of Mishima’s own experience acting, this novella pairs exquisite, vivid prose with themes of identity, obsession, and the fragile boundary between self and role.
Available Editions
paperback
New Directions
Published Apr 30, 2019
96 pages
ISBN: 9780811228428
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Details
First Published
1960
Language
eng
Translation
From: jpn
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Star by Yukio Mishima.