"The Sound of Waves" is Yukio Mishima's novel set on a small island in Ise Bay, telling the first love of the young fisherman Shinji and Hatsue, the daughter of a pearl diver. Ancient legend, bright sea and sunlight, and the health of the body come together in what is read as one of Mishima's clearest novels of youth.

On a small island wrapped in sea and sunlight, young love passes through trial toward a mythic brightness.