The Sound of Waves

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The Sound Of Waves

First edition
Author	Yukio Mishima
Original title	Shiosai
Translator	Meredith Weatherby
Illustrator	Yoshinori Kinoshita
Language	Japanese
Genre	Romance
Publisher	Alfred A. Knopf (Eng. translation)
Publication date	1954
Publication place	Japan
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.