Folio: Pavillon D or (Paperback)

from deebee1

Yet another intense psychological novel from this truly great writer. This story was inspired by actual events - the burning of the Golden Pavilion Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, dating from the 1400s and considered a national monument, by a young acolyte in 1950. Mizoguchi, the young Buddhist acolyte in t...

from BayardUS

The narrator and central character of this book doesn't see the world as I do. To him the world is replete with symbols, the importance of which often eclipse the material things that surround him. Whether it be his childhood crush Uiko, the stammering that he speaks with, or the titular temple w...

from deebee1

Yet another intense psychological novel from this truly great writer. This story was inspired by actual events - the burning of the Golden Pavilion Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, dating from the 1400s and considered a national monument, by a young acolyte in 1950. Mizoguchi, the young Buddhist acolyte in t...

from dlovins

Based on the true story of a young Zen Buddhist monk who torched the Kinkakuji (Golden Temple) in 1950, the protoganist Mizoguchi is a tortured soul who struggles through his formative years with a case of severe stuttering and the conviction that he is too physically ugly to be loved. It's a bea...

from Michael.Rimmer

I enjoyed this book for the descriptive writing and the evocation of place that the author created. I particularly liked the night scene where the narrator, Mizoguchi, follows Uiko. The passage where he walks to the Sea of Japan from Maizuru was also very well done.However... I did not really und...