Account

Company

  Menu
Large Image

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Vintage Classics)

by (Vintage Digital)

(599 reviews)

£4.99 £5.99 Save 17%

Share This

Description

This is Mishima's novel about the pressure of living an idealised life. It tells a fictionalised account of real events - the lonely acolyte who destroyed a famous Kyoto temple.

Mizoguchi grows up a lonely boy in a poor family, a hopeless and frustrated stutterer. Only tales of the beauty of a famous temple in Kyoto, told by his dying father, sustain him. Taunted by his schoolmates, he eventually escapes to become an acolyte at the temple. But there, witness to acts of callous violence and terrified by the bombing of the war, Mizoguchi develops an all-consuming obsession with the temple's preservation - until the beauty of the place itself starts to feel like his deadliest enemy.

This powerful story of sacrifice and unattainable ideals brings together Mishima's preoccupations with violence, desire, religion and national history to dazzling effect.

'One of the outstanding writers of the world' New York Times

Tag This Book

This Book Has Been Tagged
It hasn't. Be the first to tag this book!

Our Recommendation

Track It. This book has been £1.99 within the past year.

Notify Me When The Price...

  • If I'm already tracking this book

to track this book on eReaderIQ.

Track These Authors

to track Yukio Mishima on eReaderIQ.

  • to be notified each time the price drops on any book by Yukio Mishima.
  • to stop tracking Yukio Mishima.

Price Summary

  • We started tracking this book on March 14, 2011.
  • This book was £4.78 when we started tracking it.
  • The price of this book has changed 29 times in the past 5,211 days.
  • The current price of this book is £4.99 last checked 12 hours ago.
  • This book is at its lowest price in the past 90 days.
  • This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is £1.99.
  • The lowest price to date was £1.99 last reached on May 8, 2021.
  • This book has been £1.99 one time since we started tracking it.
  • The highest price to date was £6.17 last reached on April 20, 2013.
  • This book has been £6.17 one time since we started tracking it.

Genres

Additional Info

  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Lending: Disabled
  • Print Length: 246 Pages
  • File Size: 17 KB

We last verified the price of this book about 12 hours ago. At that time, the price was £4.99. This price is subject to change. The price displayed on the Amazon.co.uk website at the time of purchase is the price you will pay for this book. Please confirm the price before making any purchases.