After the banquet. Mishima Yu.

The elderly, luxurious, independent and direct Caad, the mistress of the restaurant, where conservative politicians go, falls in love with the aging former diplomat of Noguti, a sophisticated supporter of reforms, and becomes his wife. What can go wrong? If the former diplomat returns to politics, healing the calls not the most popular party, everything is about. Inititude in means against moral purity, loyalty to her husband against fidelity to the principles - when the political turns personal, the family turns into a battlefield, love risks the victim, and the threat of independence can be worse than the upcoming loneliness. Yukio Mishima (1925–1970) - a star of the 20th century, the most readable Japanese author, the holder of brilliant talent, became famous for both his works of the widest range and diversity of genres (novels, plays, stories, essays), and a stunning biography (obsession with bodybuilding , extremely right -wing political views, Harakiri after an unsuccessful attempt by a monarchical coup).

in “After the banquet” (1960), Mishima wanted to show how, love is being developed, distorted, distorted and undermined under the influence of politics, and in Japanese political and secular circles the publication caused a large scandal. Former Foreign Minister Hatiro Arita, who recognized himself in Noguti, sued Misima for violation of the right to private life, and this process - the first in Japan, the case of writing freedom of speech - Misima lost that, according to some critics, he killed in the root Hungry Japanese satire as a genre.