The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Everyman's Library Classics)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1857151690
ISBN 13
9781857151695
Category
Classics
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Publication Year
1994
Publisher
Pages
304
Description
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. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
