The Temple Of The Golden Pavilion (Everyman's Library Classics) - Hardcover

Yukio Mishima

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1857151690 ISBN 13: 9781857151695

Publisher: Everyman, 1994

Synopsis

Millennium Project edition without library markings, shelf wear to dust jacket, page edges tanned. Shipped from the U.K. All orders received before 3pm sent that weekday.

About this title

About the Author:

Yukio Mishima 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 stories and thirty-three plays, in some of which he performed. Several films have been made from his novels, including The Sound of Waves, Enjo which was based on The Temple of the Golden Pavilion and The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea. Among his other works are the novels Confessions of a Mask and Thirst for Love and the short story collections Death in Midsummer and Acts of Worship. The Sea of Fertility tetralogy, however, is his masterpiece. After Mishima conceived the idea of The Sea of Fertility in 1964, he frequently said he would die when it was completed. On 25 November 1970, the day he completed The Decay of the Angel, the last novel of the cycle, Mishima committed seppuku (ritual suicide) at the age of forty-five.

Review:

"A dark vision...a beautiful, disturbing novel" * Los Angeles Times * "Mishima writes with a fury that seldom flags" * Glasgow Herald * "Glitters with images of beauty and destruction, cruelty and sacrifice, dedication and betrayal" * The Times * "An amazing literary feat" * Chicago Tribune * "I adore Mishima's prose and vivid descriptions. They pull me out of my daily reality" -- Amanda Harlech * Harpers Bazaar *

About this edition

• Publisher: Everyman
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1857151690
• ISBN 13: 9781857151695
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1344