The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

Type

Book

Authors

Yukio Mishima

ISBN 13

9780679752707

Tags

Historical, Coming of Age, Japanese, Literary

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 until he becomes an acolyte at a famous temple in Kyoto. He quickly becomes obsessed with the beauty of the temple. Even when tempted by a friend into exploring the geisha district, he cannot escape its image. In the novel's soaring climax, he tries desperately to free himself from his fixation. - from Amzon

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