"The Waves" Author: [Japan] Yukio Mishima Publisher: Liaoning People's Publishing House

【Editor's recommendation】

※Won the 1st Shinchosha Literature Award, a fairy-tale novel full of Greek aesthetics

【Content introduction】

"The roar of the tide he heard was the music played together by the huge currents of the sea and the youthful blood in his body."

Tide 》 was published in 1954 and won the first Shinchosha Literature Award. It is a youth novel like a fisherman's song, full of innocence and passion. The natural and unpretentious text seems to reveal a small island isolated from civilization and filled with simple beauty.

On an early spring evening, the young fisherman Shinji met a healthy and beautiful girl named Hatsue who had just returned from abroad. They fell in love with each other unknowingly. Unexpectedly, rumors spread everywhere. When Hatsue's father found out, he was furious and forbade them to meet. But in the end, Shinji passed the test and saved Hatsue's father's boat in the stormy sea. With his extraordinary bravery, he finally won the beauty.