Golden Pavilion Temple (famous Translation Series)
About This Novel
The young Mizoguchi had always had low self-esteem due to his physical defects and even lost the confidence and joy of life. His only spiritual support was the pursuit of beauty in the famous tourist attraction Kinkakuji Temple. However, he increasingly felt that the eternal existence of beauty was an obstacle to the pursuit of secular life, so he finally burned the Kinkakuji Temple and got rid of the restriction of "beauty" on life. The image of human beings being easily destroyed reveals the illusion of immortality, while the solid beauty of Kinkaku-ji Temple reveals the possibility of destruction. This book is a sign of the maturity of Mishima's unique aesthetics.
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Official(1)Scraped 1mo ago
It's very profound. I don't understand it very well after reading it, but I feel it has profound meaning.
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Official(1)Scraped 1mo ago
It's very profound. I don't understand it very well after reading it, but I feel it has profound meaning.
