Runaway Horses

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Runaway Horses is a 1969 novel by Japanese author Yukio Mishima, the second book in his Sea of Fertility tetralogy, exploring themes of nationalism, fanaticism, and self-sacrifice in prewar Japan.

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Runaway Horses canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
author Yukio Mishima
containsPoliticalConspiracy yes
countryOfOrigin Japan
exploresSamuraiEthos yes
focusesOnYouthMovement yes
followsCharacterAcrossLives yes
form prose fiction
genre historical novel
philosophical novel
political novel
hasEnglishTranslation yes
hasMotif purity and corruption
sun and emperor
hasRecurrentCharacter Shigekuni Honda
hasTetralogyTheme cyclical reincarnation
includedIn The Sea of Fertility tetralogy
linkedTo Mishima Yukio’s preoccupation with death
literaryMovement postwar Japanese literature
mainCharacter Isao Iinuma NERFINISHED
Shigekuni Honda
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalLanguage Japanese
originalTitle Honba
originalTitleLanguage Japanese
partOfSeries The Sea of Fertility
linked to: Sea of Fertility
placeOfPublication Tokyo
prequel Spring Snow
publicationYear 1969
publisher Shinchosha
sequel The Decay of the Angel
The Temple of Dawn
seriesPosition 2
settingPeriod 1930s Japan
prewar Japan
theme death
fanaticism
idealism
imperialism
loyalty
martyrdom
nationalism
political extremism
reincarnation
self-sacrifice
translatorToEnglish Michael Gallagher

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Yukio Mishima notableWork Runaway Horses
Yukio Mishima wrote Runaway Horses
Spring Snow followedBy Runaway Horses
Spring Snow hasSequel Runaway Horses
The Temple of Dawn prequel Runaway Horses
The Temple of Dawn follows Runaway Horses
The Temple of Dawn hasWorkInSeries Runaway Horses