After the Banquet.
New York: Knopf, 1963. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Very Good tight copy with light moisture mark to bottom edge of front board in a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with faint moisture mark to bottom edge and just a hint of wear to the spine ends. No names or markings to the text. MIshima's fourth book. For years Kazu has run her fashionable restaurant with a combination of charm and shrewdness. But when the middle-aged entrepreneur falls in love with one of her clients, an aristocratic retired politician, she renounces her business in order to become his wife. In time, however, Kazu decides to resurrect her husband's political career. She embarks on a series of compromises and evasions that will force her to choose between her marriage and the demands of her irrepressible vitality. Item #28983
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