{"product_id":"runaway-horses-by-yukio-mishima-9780099282891","title":"Runaway Horses","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second novel in Mishima's masterful Sea of Fertility tetralogy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRunaway Horses\u003c\/em\u003e is the second book in Mishima's Sea of Fertility tetralogy. It is a story of political violence, traditional samurai values, and nihilism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIsao is a young, engaging patriot and a fanatical believer in the ancient samurai ethos. He turns terrorist, organising a violent plot against the new industrialists, whom he believes are threatening the integrity of Japan and usurping the Emperor's rightful power. As the conspiracy unfolds and unravels, Mishima brilliantly chronicles the conflicts of a decade that saw the fabric of Japanese life torn apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRunaway Horses\u003c\/em\u003e is described as disturbing material and a harbinger of Mishima's own act of \"patriotic\" self-slaughter... Strange, elegant, erotic (Guardian).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46509618757868,"sku":"9780099282891","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8917743482223.jpg?v=1748780880","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/runaway-horses-by-yukio-mishima-9780099282891","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}