Life for Sale
- Schrijver: Yukio Mishima (Japan)
- Soort boek: Japanse roman
- Origineel: 命売ります / Inochi Urimasu (1968)
- Engelse vertaling: Stephen Dodd
- Uitgever: Penguin Modern Classics
- Verschijnt: 4 februari 2021
- Omvang: 192 pagina’s
- Uitgave: Paperback / Ebook
Recensie en waardering van de roman Life for Sale
- “The best book I’ve read this year … darkly comedic and full of tension and surprise.” (Marina Abramovic)
Flaptekst van de roman uit 1968 van Yukio Mishima
‘Life for sale. Use me as you wish. I am a twenty-seven-year-old male. Discretion guaranteed. Will cause no bother at all.’
When Hanio Yamada realises the future holds little of worth to him, he puts his life for sale in a Tokyo newspaper, thus unleashing a series of unimaginable exploits. A world of murderous mobsters, hidden cameras, a vampire woman, poisoned carrots, code-breaking, a hopeless junkie heiress and makeshift explosives reveals itself to the unwitting hero. Is there nothing he can do to stop it? Resolving to follow the orders of his would-be purchasers, he comes to understand what life is worth, and whether we can indeed name our price.