The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
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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 al...
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Forlagsbeskrivelse af The Temple Of The Golden Pavilion af 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 is Mishima''s novel about the pressure of living an idealised life. It tells a fictionalised account of real events - the lonely acolyte who destroyed a famous Kyoto temple. Mizoguchi grows up a lonely boy in a poor family, a hopeless and frustrated stutterer. Only tales of the beauty of a famous temple in Kyoto, told by his dying father, sustain him. Taunted by his schoolmates, he eventually escapes to become an acolyte at the temple. But there, witness to acts of callous violence and terrified by the bombing of the war, Mizoguchi develops an all-consuming obsession with the temple''s preservation - until the beauty of the place itself starts to feel like his deadliest enemy. This powerful story of sacrifice and unattainable ideals brings together Mishima''s preoccupations with violence, desire, religion and national history to dazzling effect. ''One of the outstanding writers of the world'' New York Times
Detaljer
Forlag
Vintage Classics
ISBN
9780099285670
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
256
Udgivelsesdato
03-05-2001
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
3218662
EAN nr.
9780099285670
Varegruppe
Fiction
Højde/Dybde (mm)
121
Bredde (mm)
191
Længde (mm)
17
Vægt (g)
188
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