The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Yukio Mishima"s "The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea" explores the vicious nature of youth that is sometimes mistaken for innocence. Thirteen-year-old Noboru is a member of a gang of highly philosophical teenage boys who reject the tenets of the adult world -- to them, adult life is illusory, hypocritical, and sentimental. When Noboru"s widowed mother is romanced by Ryuji, a sailor, Nobor... Full description