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    <body><![CDATA[This was the first book by Mishima for me.  It is poetic and complex with beautifully written passages and deep multilayered but unlikable characters. The psychological dynamics of the central protagonist seem unfathomable at times, and I have to wonder whether this is the result of a cultural diffe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5914099">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Beauty is a concept which seems indefatigable in all genres of art. People love all its guises and facets and Yukio Mishima is no different in his homage to the ideal in his novel The Temple of the Golden Pavilion. There is one slight contrast however; whereas most other authors praise the uplifting...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46708078">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is one of the most singularly moving works that I've ever read in my life.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[the best book ever written. at least in Japan. definitely the most beautiful]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Out of all the temples and shrines I have visited in Asia, the Golden Pavilion (Kinkakuji) in Kyoto is by far the most beautiful; thus, I was attracted to the story even though I was warned that the book would be a difficult read. Written by one of Japan's most famous writers, the novel  is a fictio...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55119987">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Dec 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[what a strange book!<br/>i started reading this book, and wasn't really interested in it-- <br/>it's a short book and by the middle of it, i was sort of sucked in. <br/><br/>this book is about a young boy becoming a zen priest... <br/>i was sort of in disbelief of what the young priest thought ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39230933">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mishima is one of the most famous modern Japanese writers and, near as I can tell, a complete nutjob. Or was, anyway. He killed himself by seppuku back in 1970.<br/><br/><em>Kinkakuji</em> is one of his most famous works, and I chose it as a first entry into Mishima because I love reading books set in Kyot...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14146237">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[For me, honestly, this was a two star book but I threw it another star out of respect for its quality. I know this guy's one of Japan's most famous and respected authors, but I couldn't get into this young man's struggle at a Zen temple to discover his life's meaning, or understand the true meaning ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15515721">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very clean and precise prose - a strange mix of nature, violence, sexuality and nationalism. I loved reading it. Got a whole new level of insight on an entirely original plane of art. Mishima is a classical writer of the highest order. He is particularly good on the nature of beauty, its effect on o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43096834">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A bleak novel, built around a true story involving the crime of a young Buddhist acolyte, in training for the priesthood at a Kyoto temple. &quot;A sick young man's obsession with a beauty he cannot attain, and the way in which his private pathology leads him, slowly and fatefully, to self-destructi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63687828">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book because the Gold Pavilion or Kinakuji in Kyoto is one of my favorite temple in Japan.  It's very beautiful, and I couldn't beleive that there was a boy who set fire to the invaluable cultural heritage for personal reasons.<br/>Mishima's beautifule writing style is also part of the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61574370">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Based on the true story of a Zen monk who burned down an ancient Kyoto temple.  The novel is narrated in the first person by an unattractive, emotionally clotted nihilist, which makes for some heavy wading.  The story rises to a higher level in the last two chapters as watch the monk, Mizoguchi, tur...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41909211">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a very strange novel. Ostensibly based on an actual incident, the story revolves around a young monk who from an early age becomes obsessed by the Temple of the Golden Pavillion. Scarred by images of his parents' adultery whilst only a child, the central character comes to see the temple as ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71576560">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the more different books that I've read.  The descriptions of the characters, places, and events were fantastic and drew you into the story.  But while I enjoyed reading about individual events in the story, I'm not sure I understood the deeper &quot;why&quot; that motivated the chara...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57195997">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I feel like the translation might leave a little to be desired, but what do I know about translating japanese?  Anyway, Mishima is great, and temple of the golden pavilion does nothing to lessen his greatness.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a creepy book. Mishima's tale of a nihilistic young Zen monk seems to encapsulate all the poisonous self-loathing of post-war Japan, and crush it down with relentless force into a cancerous diamond. Based on a true story, but don't let the facts distract you from the mythic horror of it all. Th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30777921">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Maybe I was not paying attention, but I did not get much from this book.  I felt like if I had refrained from reading the back I may have gotten more out of it.  hmmm.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mishima's death/life has reached a point where his actual body of work has been eclipsed. It's okay with me 'cuz I know he would've wanted it that way. <br/>This book is amazing. Mishima is amazing. I'm totally obsessed with quasi-sociopathic gay men (Mishima, Genet, Cooper, even Burroughs) and the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24000470">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Odd I am sure, but this novel is a sentimental object for me. It could only be recommended by a young man who is, as T.S. Eliot says: &quot;Impatient to assume the world&quot;]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorites. I enjoy re-reading passages from this golden book, especially when I feel the need to burn down certain unhealthy attachments in my life.]]></body>
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