Nosemonkey’s Reviews > The Temple of the Golden Pavilion > Status Update

"Nobility, culture, what people consider aesthetic. It isn't the Ryuan Temple that you see, but simply a pile of stones. The only really organic concern that people have is politics. It's a shame, isn't it? One can almost say that human beings are no more than self-defiling creatures."

Decent start. Intro writer compares it to Dostoyevsky, and I can see what they mean. Have read a bit of Mishima before and didn't really get into it. I'm liking this one, though - wish I'd read it before visiting the Golden Pavilion a few years back.