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01920aam a22003498i 4500 001 4A148D0E868F11E988B41FF596128E48 003 SILO 005 20190604010217 008 180918s2019 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2018039772 020 $a 0811228428 020 $a 9780811228428 (softcover) 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h jpn 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PL833.I7 $b S8813 2019 082 00 $a 895.63/5 $2 23 100 1 $a Mishima, Yukio, $d 1925-1970 $e author. 240 10 $a SutaÌ. $l English 245 10 $a Star / $c by Yukio Mishima ; translated by Sam Bett. 260 $a New York : $b New Directions, $c 2019. 263 $a 1904 300 $a 94 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 $a All eyes are on Rikio. And he likes it, mostly. His fans cheer, screaming and yelling to attract his attention?they would kill for a moment alone with him. Finally the director sets up the shot, the camera begins to roll, someone yells âactionâ; Rikio, for a moment, transforms into another being, a hardened young yakuza, but as soon as the shot is finished, he slumps back into his own anxieties and obsessions. Being a star, constantly performing, being watched and scrutinized as if under a microscope, is often a drag. But so is life. Written shortly after Yukio Mishima himself had acted in the film âAfraid to Die,â this novella is a rich and unflinching psychological portrait of a celebrity coming apart at the seams. With exquisite, vivid prose, Star begs the question: is there any escape from how we are seen by others? -- $c from the back cover. 650 0 $a Fame $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Actors $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Social perception $v Fiction. 700 1 $a Bett, Sam, $d 1986- $e translator. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20191003011737.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20190604034459.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4A148D0E868F11E988B41FF596128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search