--- product_id: 5670043 title: "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Vintage International)" brand: "yukio mishima, ivan morris, nancy wilson ross, fumi komatsu" price: "23904CFA" currency: XOF in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.sn/products/5670043-the-temple-of-the-golden-pavilion-vintage-international store_origin: SN region: Senegal --- # The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Vintage International) **Brand:** yukio mishima, ivan morris, nancy wilson ross, fumi komatsu **Price:** 23904CFA **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Vintage International) by yukio mishima, ivan morris, nancy wilson ross, fumi komatsu - **How much does it cost?** 23904CFA with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sn](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/5670043-the-temple-of-the-golden-pavilion-vintage-international) ## Best For - yukio mishima, ivan morris, nancy wilson ross, fumi komatsu enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted yukio mishima, ivan morris, nancy wilson ross, fumi komatsu brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description A haunting portrait of a young man’s obsession with idealized beauty and his destructive quest to possess it fully—and the book that “established Mishima’s claim as one of the outstanding writers of the world" ( The New York Times ). 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 and develops a childhood fascination with Kyoto’s famous Golden Temple. While an acolyte at the temple, he fixates on the structure’s aesthetic perfection and it becomes his one and only object of desire. But as Mizoguchi begins to perceive flaws in the temple, he determines that the only true path to beauty lies in an act of horrific violence. Based on a real incident that occurred in 1950, The Temple of the Golden Pavilion brilliantly portrays the passions and agonies of a young man in postwar Japan, bringing to the subject the erotic imagination and instinct for the dramatic moment that marked Mishima as one of the towering makers of modern fiction. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Asin | 0679752706 | | Dimensions | 5.2 x 0.59 x 7.95 inches | | Edition | Reprint | | Isbn 10 | 9780679752707 | | Isbn 13 | 978-0679752707 | | Item Weight | 7.4 ounces | | Language | English | | Print Length | 288 pages | | Publication Date | October 4, 1994 | | Publisher | Vintage | ## Images ![The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Vintage International) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61jTljcQBiL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Every Mishima novel is its own unique, integral universe. This is a true story. *by on Reviewed in the United States October 18, 2019* It's said that even the most exalted auteurs are mainly rewriting their one driving vision in various incarnations. Hitchcock, Truffaut, Melville, Godard come to mind.Even though I'm necessarily viewing Yukio Mishima's ouevre through the refracted lens of various English translators, in my ongoing binge I am coming to the realization that, like Stravinsky, Mishima remakes his language, his choreography, his orchestration, his POV, his most intrinsic philosophy, his narrative trajectory wholly invested and recreated in each unique work.The Temple of The Golden Pavilion is a novel based on true events. Mizoguchi is a Zen acolyte, son of a Buddhist priest, apprenticed at the Golden Pavilion. We are witness to his coming-of-age, pathologically, beginning from an abusive act of ultimately inhumane hypocracy from his father, through his Travis Bickle trajectory into evangelistic mania and ultimate catastrophe. (Don't make the same mistake I did by reading Nancy Wilson Ross' inadequate introduction; just read from Mishima's beginning.)Not since Joseph Heller's extraordinary incipient descent in Something Happened have I read such a compelling and repelling narration of incipient madness.The tyranny of beauty, the purity of evil, the pervasive sense of 'unease', so clearly in kinship with the German 'unheimlich': uncanny; the uncontrollable trembling of the hands indicative of psychosis only given voice and witness by Mariko, this Taxi Driver's Whore With a Heart of Gold; the inviolate and indestructible quality of human life and the immortality and fragility of symbols and structures.The crazier he gets, the more hallucinatory and beautiful the prose becomes. Beginning in a place of utter, ascetic and emotionless inception, Mishima escalates Mizoguchi's perverse but inexorable pursuit of knowledge into an ecstasy, an unfettered erotic and evangelical incendiary impulse. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic *by on Reviewed in the United States June 23, 2026* Mishima is a writer of genius. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good book *by on Reviewed in the United States May 31, 2026* Haven't finished the book yet but it's very intriguing and well written, wish it was slightly higher quality on the cover but still really good --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sn/products/5670043-the-temple-of-the-golden-pavilion-vintage-international](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/5670043-the-temple-of-the-golden-pavilion-vintage-international) --- *Product available on Desertcart Senegal* *Store origin: SN* *Last updated: 2026-09-11*