The Decay of the Angel Martin The Little Friend is a

The Little Friend is a work of myriad enchantments by a writer of prodigious talent

With powerful enemies lurking behind the scenes

Just the sight of him may be enough to make you lose your heart

Universally acclaimed as the master of the short-story form

They are banished from human society

The Decay of the Angel Martin The Little Friend is aThe Sea of Fertility #4. As the dramatic climax of The Sea of Fertility, 'The Decay of the Angel' brings together the dominant themes of the three previous novels the meaning and decay of Japan's courtly tradition and samurai ideal; the essence and value of Buddhist philosophy and aesthetics; and, underlying all, Mishima's apocalyptic vision of the modern era, which saw the dissolution of the moral and cultural forces that throughout the ages