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      The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

      by Yukio Mishima
      Published
      Oct 1994
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      288
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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.

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      General Fiction

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      Jewish

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      First Edition Oct 1994 Vintage ISBN13 9780679752707 ISBN10 0679752706
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      Dec 1959 Knopf ISBN13 9780394448107 ISBN10 0394448103
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      Mar 2010 Vintage ISBN13 9781407053882 ISBN10 1407053884
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