Forbidden Colors
by Mishima, Yukio
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First English Language Edition. Octavo. Large 8vo. vi, 403 (5) pp. Translated from The Japanese by Alfred H. Marks: First English Language Edition, 1968. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6" x 8.5". Green cloth with gilt title plate and green character on front board, gilt lettering to spine, and brown top text block. Illustrated dj in acetate protector..
Synopsis
Forbidden Colors is a novel by Yukio Mishima, translated into English in 1968. The name kinjiki is a euphemism for homosexuality. The kanji 禁 means "forbidden" and 色 in this case means "erotic love", although it can also mean "color". The word "kinjiki" also means colors which were forbidden to be worn by people of various ranks in the Japanese court. It describes a marriage of a gay man to a young woman.
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7147
- Title
- Forbidden Colors
- Author
- Mishima, Yukio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First English Language Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- LITERATURE MODERN JAPANESE WRITERS FICTION NOVEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
- Size
- Octavo
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Octavo
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- Gilt
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