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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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
author Yukio Mishima NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
hasTetralogyTheme cyclical reincarnation
includedIn The Sea of Fertility tetralogy NERFINISHED
linkedTo Mishima Yukio’s preoccupation with death
literaryMovement postwar Japanese literature
mainCharacter Isao Iinuma NERFINISHED
Shigekuni Honda NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalLanguage Japanese
originalTitle Honba NERFINISHED
originalTitleLanguage Japanese
partOfSeries The Sea of Fertility NERFINISHED
placeOfPublication Tokyo NERFINISHED
prequel Spring Snow NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1969
publisher Shinchosha NERFINISHED
sequel The Decay of the Angel NERFINISHED
The Temple of Dawn NERFINISHED
seriesPosition 2
settingPeriod 1930s Japan
prewar Japan
theme death
fanaticism
idealism
imperialism
loyalty
martyrdom
nationalism
political extremism
reincarnation
self-sacrifice
translatorToEnglish Michael Gallagher NERFINISHED

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Yukio Mishima notableWork Runaway Horses
Yukio Mishima wrote Runaway Horses