Levon's review
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
by Yukio Mishima
Levon's review
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima
Levon's review
rating:
My least favorite Mishima so far. Also his most introspective interior, which for me conflicts with his straight-forward minimalist narritive. In other works, his style brought out contradictions, here it feel bare and lonely. More appropriate for the narrative admittedly, but otherwise sparse. Perhaps I would've enjoyed it more if I related to the context, or I found it more accessible as collective memory. I dont think he did anything wrong; it just feels so much more narrow in scope than his other books.
