The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
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.
- Request Code
- ZLIBIO1146334
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Format
- EPUB
- ISBN-13
- 9780679752707
- ISBN-10
- 0679752706