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The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

by Yukio Mishima

ISBN 0679752706 / 9780679752707 / 0-679-75270-6
Publisher Vintage Books
Language English
Edition Softcover
List price $14.00
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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 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. [via]