arndt@lymph.DEC (10/01/84)
To the guy in Calif. who wanted information about a book I have by Miller
on Mishima (I lost your mail), I have now located it in my attic and here
is the info.:
Henry Miller, REFLECTIONS ON THE DEATH OF MISHIMA,Capra Press,Santa
Barbara, 1972, 2nd ed.
It's only 47 pages (it was printed as a newspaper article in Tokyo) so if you
can't find it send me an address and I'll mail you a copy.
It's " a uruminative treatise that created a controversy last year ('71) when
it appeared in Japanese in Tokyo, shortly after Mishima ritualistically
disemboweled himself before a throng. Miller . . . inquires into the
ambiguous Japanese culture. He probes futher, encompassing angels and clowns
and fanatics. 'The man who could have made Hitler laugh (?!) might have saved
millions of lives,' he writes.
Interesting but points out Miller as an example of what a youth spent pulling
your pud does to the ole neurons. He rambles and believes he has something
to say.
That's ruminative (I'm not going to type this over again. I know I should
have made it a file so I can edit it. Hey, what worse can I do to my
reputation for spelling?)
Regards,
Ken Arndt