![]() ” In the days when this faith had not yet been destroyed, criticism was a profession unto itself. “True beauty makes men dumb,” began the old man, in spiritless tones. A lot of the symbols and focus on youth and beauty are also similar in both books. In Forbidden Colours Shinsuké is an elderly writer who hates women (the books mentions his failed marriages, but I think it might be a bit of repressed homosexuality mixed with being raised to think women should be there to please men, and then what happens if you don’t think women can be pleasing) and uses the young beautiful Yuichi to torment the women around him. It’s the elder bitter gentleman teaching the young man to have contempt to the world around you. The story in both books are about an ageing artist falling in love with a young man, and dragging him into a web of cruilty. I knew Yukio Mishima had written several LGBT books, and it was mostly due to the #1951club that the choice of book fell on Forbidden Colours. How much the plot and characters reminded me of The Picture of Dorian Grey. ![]() ![]() ![]() When I was reading this book, my mind lingered on three things:ġ. ![]()
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