The Temple of the Golden Pavilion - (Vintage International) by Yukio Mishima (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A hopeless stutterer, taunted by his schoolmates, Mizoguchi feels utterly alone until he becomes an acolyte at a famous temple in Kyoto. But he quickly becomes obsessed with the temple's beauty, and cannot live in peace as long as it exists.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A hopeless stutterer, taunted by his schoolmates, Mizoguchi feels utterly alone until he becomes an acolyte at a famous temple in Kyoto. But he quickly becomes obsessed with the temple's beauty, and cannot live in peace as long as it exists.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Beautifully translated... Mishima re-erects Kyoto, plain and mountain, monastery, temple, town, as Victor Hugo made Paris out of Notre Dame." <p/>-- The Nation <p/>"An amazing literary feat in its minute delineation of a neurotic personality." <p/>-- Chicago Tribune <p/>Translated from the Japanese by Ivan Morris<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Yukio Mishima</b> was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1925. One of Japan's most acclaimed and well-known authors of the 20th century, his works include <i>The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea</i>, <i>The Sound of Waves</i>, and the <i>Sea of Fertility </i>tetralogy (<i>Spring Snow</i>, <i>Runaway Horses</i>, <i>The Temple of Dawn</i>, and <i>The Decay of the Angel</i>). He died in 1970.
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