A review by tomstbr
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima

5.0

I know I'm too old for it, but I'm going through my nihilist/existentialist phase now in my late twenties. This book really hits the spot. It's about two things: beauty and death. Or three things if you count beauty in death. It actually reminded me of Catcher in the Rye, but not terrible and way more intelligent. The protagonist is similar in terms of having a young brashness, a certain naivety. It's beautifully written with so many perfect sentences/paragraphs. Absolutely a book I will read again.