**'These stories are waves of fury, desire and delicious cruelty, always kissed by beauty and death' Mariana Enrìquez

**'These stories are waves of fury, desire and delicious cruelty, always kissed by beauty and death' Mariana Enrìquez

A new selection of lyrically haunting 1960s short stories, from a Japanese literary icon **A writer is seized by apocalyptic visions, a trio of beatniks dance to modern jazz in the ruins of an abandoned church, and a séance brings forth the reproachful spirits of the military dead.

In* Voices of the Fallen Heroes *, stark autobiography contrasts with pure horror, and the tenderness of first love cedes to obsession, heartbreak and deathly beauty. In one tale, Mishima recounts the true story of the time a deranged fan broke into his home at dawn. Elsewhere, a beautiful youth achieves eternal life through violent murder, and an ill-matched couple seal their fate with a pack of cards, tangled in the web of time and unfulfilled desire.