Star

Copyright

Translation copyright © 2019 by Sam Bett

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Published by arrangement with the Wylie Agency.

First published as New Directions Paperbook 1442 in 2019

Manufactured in the United States of America

New Directions Books are printed on acid-free paper

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Mishima, Yukio, 1925–1970 author. | Bett, Sam, 1986– translator.

Title: Star / by Yukio Mishima ; translated by Sam Bett.

Other titles: Suta. English

Description: New York : New Directions, 2019.

Identifiers: lccn 2018039772 (print) | lccn 2018046875 (ebook) | isbn 9780811228435 (ebook) | isbn 9780811228428 (alk. paper)

Classification: lcc pl833.17 (ebook) | lcc pl833.17 s8813 2019 (print) | ddc 895.63/5—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018039772

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