“Time is what matters. As time goes by, you and I will be carried inexorably into the mainstream of our period, even though we’re unaware of what it is. And later, when they say that young men in the early Taisho era thought, dressed, talked, in such and such a way, they’ll be talking about you and me. We’ll all be lumped together…. In a few decades, people will see you and the people you despise as one and the same, a single entity.”
Spring Snow is a richly detailed novel that delves into the lives of its characters in a remote village, capturing the complexities of human emotions and the impact of historical events on individual lives. more
Yukio Mishima was a Japanese author and playwright, a prominent figure in post-war Japanese literature. His works, characterized by a fusion of traditional Japanese aesthetics and modernist techniques, often explored themes of tradition, ritual, and the samurai code. more
“There's power in the truth, just like there's power in making the right choice”
“There's always another story. There's more than meets the eye.”