Home
Creators
Search Recent Random
Posts
Search DMs Popular Hash Lookup Tags Random
Importer
Import FAQ
Register Favorites Keys Review DMs Logout
Community
Telegram ThePornDude
Home Creators Posts Import Register Favorites Logout

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima (Ad-Free/Patron Only Early Access) (Patreon)

Published:
2022-07-31 01:10:23
Imported:
2026-09
Tags:

Content

An occasionally overwritten but often stunning masterpiece from the one and only. 

Files

Yukio Mishima - The Temple of the Golden Pavilion BOOK REVIEW (Ad-Free/Patron Only Early Access)

BUY HERE: https://amzn.to/3OKEImw SUPPORT / PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/booksarebetterthanfood INSTAGRAM: @booksarebetterthanfood https://www.instagram.com/booksarebetterthanfood MUG: https://www.zazzle.com/better_than_food_coffee_mug-168249045611119837

Comments

Thomas Flatley

Excellent - i subscribed to your patreon today after seeing this review on youtube - The best course i had in college was East Asian Literature taught by the amazing John Balaban, an incredible teacher. During the Vietnam war, Balaban travelled throughout the country collecting and transcribing the traditional oral poetry known as Ca Dao. He had incredible stories of his time there. we covered three books in this seminar - all highly recommended 1) Temple of the Golden Pavilion 2) Mipam - Lama Yongden 3) Journey to the West / Monkey - Wu Cheng'en Thanks

fuzzydunlop45

Nice, I'm reading Crime and Punishment right now too. Looking forward to watching your review after I finish it

Jack Walter

Sadly, Mishima's seppaku was not glorious, but very much mishandled. The young soldier who was to behead him was very inept, and basically made a mess of things.

Daniel Hochmuth

Years ago I read Sailor Who Was Rejected by the Sea and I thought it was pretty good. This sounds even better. Hope I'll get to it in the foreseeable future. Thanks for the review!

Zero

I find this to be Mishima's most transcendent work – an unimaginably rich synthesis of the symbolic and the real, Buddhism and the self. Passingly few novels operate with metaphorical profundities on so many levels, and fewer still successfully. 'Enjô' is worth seeking out but far from Don Ishikawa's best work (it is needlessly conventional.) Yukio also appeared in one proper gangster movie, 'Afraid to Die (1960),' with Ayako Wakao – I recall it being mildly disappointing if watchable.

Nick Whitson

So far, this one and Sun and Steel have been my two favorite works by Mishima that I’ve read so far. At some point I plan on getting into the Sea of Fertility tetralogy cause I really want to read Runaway Horses. Great video as always, Cliff! Thank you!