The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

Name: The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
Author: Mishima Yukio

by Mishima Yukio

Portrait of a young man destroyed by beauty and consumed by obsession

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Mishima Yukio

One of the most controversial figures in modern Japanese literature, known for his aestheticism, nationalism, and theatrical suicide. His tetralogy The Sea of Fertility is a sweeping meditation on beauty and destruction.

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