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The Temple Of The Golden Pavilion
The Temple Of The Golden Pavilion | Yukio Mishima
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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“My stuttering, I need hardly say, placed an obstacle between me and the outside world. It is the first sound that I have trouble in uttering. This first sound is like a key to the door that separates my inner world from the world outside, and I have never known that key to turn smoothly in its lock.”

rubyslippersreads 😻😻😻 5y
BarbaraBB Such an interesting writer ❤️ 5y
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Mishima is such a good writer. His writting is always so elegant. It's always a pleasure reading his novels. This one is an exploration of nature of beauty, ugliness and obsession. Gotta tell that his own biography is very interesting and made me wanna read more books by him. "Based on a real incident that occurred in 1950, The Temple of the Golden Pavilion brilliantly portrays the passions and agonies of a young Japanese at post war.

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