{"product_id":"the-temple-of-the-golden-pavilion-yukio-mishima","title":"The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Yukio Mishima)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMizoguchi 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis powerful story of sacrifice and unattainable ideals brings together Mishima's preoccupations with violence, desire, religion and national history to dazzling effect.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the outstanding writers of the world' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYukio Mishima\u003c\/b\u003e was born into a samurai family and imbued with the code of complete control over mind and body, and loyalty to the Emperor - the same code that produced the austerity and self-sacrifice of Zen. He wrote countless short stories and thirty-three plays, in some of which he acted. Several films have been made from his novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Waves; Enjo,\u003c\/i\u003e which was based on T\u003ci\u003ehe Temple of the Golden Pavilion\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e. Among his other works are the novels \u003ci\u003eConfessions of a Mask \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThirst For Love\u003c\/i\u003e and the short-story collections \u003ci\u003eDeath in Midsummer \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eActs of Worship\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sea of Fertility tetralogy\u003c\/i\u003e, however, is his masterpiece. After Mishima conceived the idea of \u003ci\u003eThe Sea of Fertility\u003c\/i\u003e in 1964, he frequently said he would die when it was completed. On November 25th, 1970, the day he completed \u003ci\u003eThe Decay of the Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, the last novel of the cycle, Mishima committed \u003ci\u003eseppuku\u003c\/i\u003e (ritual suicide) at the age of forty-five.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-Format, Englisch, 256 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65922438037853,"sku":"K029995432","price":11.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/2999543200001A.jpg?v=1789412906","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-temple-of-the-golden-pavilion-yukio-mishima","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}