The Temple Of The Golden Pavilion

Yukio Mishima

The Temple Of The Golden Pavilion
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage
Country
United Kingdom
Published
1 June 2001
Pages
256
ISBN
9780099285670

The Temple Of The Golden Pavilion

Yukio Mishima

‘One of the outstanding writers of the world’ New York Times

Because of the boyhood trauma of seeing his mother make love to another man in the presence of his dying father, Mizoguchi becomes a hopeless stutterer. Taunted by his schoolmates, he feels utterly alone untill he becomes an acolyte at a famous temple in Kyoto, where he develops an all-consuming obsession with the temple’s beauty. This powerful story of dedication and sacrifice brings together Mishima’s preoccupations with violence, desire, religion and national history to dazzling effect.

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