The Temple Of The Golden Pavilion
$46.56
- Hardcover
247 pages
- Release Date
30 September 1994
Summary
Generally regarded both in Japan and in the West as his most successful novel, THE TEMPLE OF THE GOLDEN PAVILION brings together all Mishima’s preoccupations with violence, desire, religious life and the history of his own nation. Based on an actual incident, the burning of a celebrated temple, the novel is both a vivid narrative and a meditation on the state of Japan in the post-war period.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781857151695 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1857151690 |
| Author: | Yukio Mishima |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 247 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 1994 |
| Weight: | 437g |
| Dimensions: | 211mm x 132mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics |
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Critics Review
“Beautifully translated… Mishima re-erects Kyoto, plain and mountain, monastery, temple, town, as Victor Hugo made Paris out of Notre Dame.” – The Nation “An amazing literary feat in its minute delineation of a neurotic personality.” – Chicago Tribune Translated from the Japanese by Ivan Morris
“From the Trade Paperback edition.”
About The Author
Yukio Mishima
Yukio Mishima was born in 1925 in Tokyo, and is considered one of Japan’s most important writers. His books broke social boundaries and taboos at a time when Japan found itself in a state of rapid social change. His interests, besides writing, included body-building, acting and practising as a Samurai. In 1970 he attempted to start a military coup, which failed. Upon realizing this, Mishima performed seppuku, a ritual suicide, upon himself. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature three times.
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