That novel, Spring Snow, begins a series which also contains Runaway Horses, The Temple of Dawn, and The Decay of the Angel.
One of this author's novels attempts to take the Daphnis et Chloe story and re-set it in Japan, while another deals with the politics surrounding a Socialist campaign for Tokyo mayor by a 1950's politician. In addition to The Sound of Waves and After the Banquet, one of this author's works is a semi- autobiographical story about his homosexuality, entitled Confessions of a Mask, and in this author's most famous work, Kiyokai falls in love with Satoko only after it's necessary to learn a secret. That novel, Spring Snow, begins a series which also contains Runaway Horses, The Temple of Dawn, and The Decay of the Angel. For ten points, identify this Japanese author, best known for his Sea of Fertility tetralogy and The Temple of the Golden Pavilion.
One of this author's novels attempts to take the Daphnis et Chloe story and re-set it in Japan, while another deals with the politics surrounding a Socialist campaign for Tokyo mayor by a 1950's politician.
{Mishima} Yukio