The Sound of Waves

The Sound Of Waves
First edition
AuthorYukio Mishima
Original titleShiosai
TranslatorMeredith Weatherby
IllustratorYoshinori Kinoshita
LanguageJapanese
GenreRomance
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf (Eng. translation)
Publication date
1954
Publication placeJapan
Published in English
1956

The Sound of Waves (潮騒, Shiosai) is a 1954 novel by the Japanese author Yukio Mishima. It is a coming-of-age story of the protagonist Shinji and his romance with Hatsue,[1] the beautiful daughter of the wealthy ship owner Terukichi. For this book, Mishima was awarded the Shincho Prize from Shinchosha Publishing in 1954. It has been adapted for film five times.

  1. ^ "潮騒" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 2021-01-05.