{"product_id":"the-temple-of-the-golden-pavilion-2","title":"The Temple of the Golden Pavilion","description":"Used mass_market in Good condition. Product Description      \u003cbr\u003eBecause 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.\u003cbr\u003e      Review      \u003cbr\u003e\"Beautifully translated... Mishima re-erects Kyoto, plain and mountain, monastery, temple, town, as Victor Hugo made Paris out of Notre Dame.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-- The Nation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An amazing literary feat in its minute delineation of a neurotic personality.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-- Chicago Tribune\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated from the Japanese by Ivan Morris\u003cbr\u003e      From the Inside Flap      \u003cbr\u003eBecause 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.\u003cbr\u003e      From the Back Cover      \u003cbr\u003e\"Beautifully translated... Mishima re-erects Kyoto, plain and mountain, monastery, temple, town, as Victor Hugo made Paris out of Notre Dame.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- The Nation\u003cbr\u003e\"An amazing literary feat in its minute delineation of a neurotic personality.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Chicago Tribune\u003cbr\u003eTranslated from the Japanese by Ivan Morris\u003cbr\u003e      About the Author      \u003cbr\u003eYukio Mishima was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1925. One of Japan’s most acclaimed and well-known authors of the 20th century, his works include\u003cbr\u003eThe Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea,\u003cbr\u003eThe Sound of Waves, and the\u003cbr\u003eSea of Fertility tetralogy (\u003cbr\u003eSpring Snow,\u003cbr\u003eRunaway Horses,\u003cbr\u003eThe Temple of Dawn, and\u003cbr\u003eThe Decay of the Angel). He died in 1970.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.","brand":"Yukio Mishima","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":53837004964123,"sku":"mon0000798885","price":17.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/4004\/3291\/files\/8338233482339.jpg?v=1787965683","url":"https:\/\/bookalley.com\/products\/the-temple-of-the-golden-pavilion-2","provider":"Book Alley","version":"1.0","type":"link"}