Status
Dostupná
Call number
Publication
Brody
Language
ISBN
80-86112-07-1 / 9788086112077
Description
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 until he becomes an acolyte at a famous temple in Kyoto. He quickly becomes obsessed with the beauty of the temple. Even when tempted by a friend into exploring the geisha district, he cannot escape its image. In the novel's soaring climax, he tries desperately to free himself from his fixation.
Subjects
Awards
Yomiuri Prize for Literature (1956)
Original publication date
1956-10-30 (original Japanese)
1959 (English: Morris)
Other editions
Kinkakuji (金閣時) by Yukio MISHIMA (Book)