Sun and Steel Family Life focusing particularly on his trial

focusing particularly on his trial and defense (the Platonic dialogues Euthyphro

Once romanticized as a malady of poets

The Science of Last Things peels back layers of human thought and behavior

and what they love most--and least--about writing about themselves

he spent the rest of his life living and teaching in Greece

Sun and Steel Family Life focusing particularly on his trialIn this fascinating document, one of Japan's best known and controversial writers created what might be termed a new literary form. It is new because it combines elements of many existing types of writing, yet in the end fits into none of them. At one level, it may be read as an account of how a puny, bookish boy discovered the importance of his own physical being; the "sun and steel" of the title are themselves symbols respectively of the cult of the