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Le Tumulte Des Flots by Mishima, Professor Yukio is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Le Tumulte Des Flots about?

Le tumulte des flots (The Sound of Waves) is a simple, lyrical love story, set on the island of Uta-Jima, which has "about fourteen hundred inhabitants and a coastline of something under three miles". The protagonists and a few other characters are nicely rendered, but Mishima devotes just as much attention to the island, giving such detailed descriptions of locations that one could almost paint or map them. And various scenes depict the daily life of the islanders: fishermen catching octopus, a pedlar selling wares to women diving for abalone, fetching water from a spring, men relaxing in a bath-house, meetings of the Young Men's Association, and so forth. This is romanticised — the women are attractive and the men strong and virile, while the perils of diving and the deprivations of poverty are passed over quickly — but fascinating just the same.

Who reads Le Tumulte Des Flots?

Author

Mishima, Professor Yukio

Publisher

Gallimard Education

Published

1978

Language

FR

ISBN

9782070370238

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Romance

Rating

3.75 / 5 (44 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14