Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land 1984 Some People Need Killing is

Some People Need Killing is a brilliant dissection of the grammar of violence and an investigation into the human impulses to dominate and resist

【编辑推荐】 ※“这是我的青春总决算。” 描写男色，将其性倒错说推向一个新的领域，构筑其理想中的男性美 ※《假面的告白》《爱的饥渴》和《禁色》酿成三岛美学浪漫、唯美与古典主义的结合，进一步展开更绚丽多彩的文学世界 “这部小说是对传统观念的”挑战与复仇“，读来有趣，又让人背脊发凉……”——石原慎太郎 【内容介绍】 “真正的美是使人沉默的。” 一部对传统观念“挑战与复仇”的小说。本书创作于1951年，奠定了三岛在日本战后文学中屹立不摇的地位。 年过花甲的老作家桧俊辅藐视道德和凡俗，崇尚极端的唯美主义。因生来貌丑，在恋爱和婚姻中受尽了挫折，后来他遇到志趣相投的美丽青年悠一之后，决定脱离婚姻家庭的束缚，将悠一塑造成艺术品，从此走上了追求艺术家式纯粹审美生活的人生之路。三岛自述写作《禁色》，是试图让自己内在矛盾对立的两个“我”进行对话。

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Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land 1984 Some People Need Killing isIn light of Russia's aggressive 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Goodbye, Eastern Europe is a crucial, elucidative read, a sweeping epic chronicling a thousand years of strife, war, and bloodshed, from pre Christianity to the fall of Communismilluminating the remarkable cultural significance and richness of a place perpetually lost to the margins of history "Eastern Europe" has gone out of fashion since the fall of the Soviet Union. Ask someone today, and