The Decay of the Angel Martin Universally acclaimed as the master

Universally acclaimed as the master of the short-story form

With powerful enemies lurking behind the scenes

And a ghost from his Canadian past lingers in the back of his mind

and heartbreak hangs heavy in the warm air

The Decay of the Angel Martin Universally acclaimed as the masterThe Sea of Fertility #4. As the dramatic climax of The Sea of Fertility, 'The Decay of the Angel' brings together the dominant themes of the three previous novels the meaning and decay of Japan's courtly tradition and samurai ideal; the essence and value of Buddhist philosophy and aesthetics; and, underlying all, Mishima's apocalyptic vision of the modern era, which saw the dissolution of the moral and cultural forces that throughout the ages