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Book · 1994 · Fiction

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

by Yukio Mishima · Recommended by 1 person on 1 podcast

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I like things like like I remember loving one of the great like a few of the great books of my life have been very individual stories like for example the sailor who fell from grace with the sea by Yukio Mishima story of a sailor who meets a woman.
Yann Martel · How I Write · May 2026 Listen at 23:24

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The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima is a dark novel about a young boy in Yokohama, a group of rebellious peers, and a sailor who becomes romantically involved with the boy's mother. Yann Martel discussed the novel on the podcast How I Write, highlighting it as one of the great, highly individualized books of his life that explores a narrow, focused story to reflect the wider universe.

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“I like things like like I remember loving one of the great like a few of the great books of my life have been very individual stories like for example the sailor who fell from grace with the sea by Yukio Mishima story of a sailor who meets a woman”

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