East Asian Literary Fiction

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

by Yukio Mishima

Mizoguchi, an ostracized stutterer, becomes obsessed with Kyoto's legendary Golden Pavilion, viewing it as the ultimate embodiment of beauty. Yukio Mishima crafts a haunting exploration of aesthetic fixation, alienation, and the destructive desire to possess perfection absolutely.

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