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Hanio Yamada sells his life in a newspaper and becomes involved in a series of bizarre and dangerous adventures. This 1968 book by the acclaimed author Yukio Mishima explores themes of identity, freedom, and death.
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Plot. Hanio Yamada is a 27-year-old copywriter for Tokyo Ad who, after a suicide attempt, quits his job and advertises his own life for sale in a Tokyo newspaper. Yamada's life is shaken up when he agrees to the increasingly bizarre requests of those who respond to his offer.
May 21, 2020 · “Life for Sale” was serialized in Japan’s Playboy magazine, and it has a serial’s episodic rhythms, a string of scenes in which Hanio encounters and manages to survive new misadventures....
Aug 8, 2019 · Life for Sale by Yukio Mishima, translated by Stephen Dodd, is published by Penguin Classics (£12.99). To order a copy go to guardianbookshop.com or call 0330 333 6846. Free UK p&p over £15,...
After salaryman Hanio Yamada puts his life up for sale, interested parties quickly come calling with increasingly bizarre requests. What follows is a madcap comedy of errors, involving a jealous husband, a drug-addled heiress, poisoned carrots—even a vampire.
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Apr 7, 2020 · — The Atlantic After salaryman Hanio Yamada puts his life up for sale, interested parties quickly come calling with increasingly bizarre requests. What follows is a madcap comedy of errors, involving a jealous husband, a drug-addled heiress, poisoned carrots—even a vampire.
