The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
Mizoguchi has been mentally troubled since he witnessed his mother's infidelity in the presence of his dying father. Mizoguchi feels utterly abandoned and alone. Until he becomes a priest at Kinka-kuji, a famous Buddhist temple in Kyoto. Failing in his quest to find the warmth of human companionship in the temple, the young man, tormented by the temple's exquisite beauty, decides to destroy himself and all he loves. He feels he cannot live in peace as long as the temple exists. Mizoguchi, like many other troubled Mishima's heroes, becomes obsessed with unattainable ideals.
近代日本文学の金字塔ともいえる三島の最高傑作『金閣寺』の英訳版。
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion reflects Mishima's preoccupations with beauty and death in a clear and unmistakable manner. It is also an excellent example of a theme that frequently arises in Mishima's work: the resentment of the object of desire. Because this novel, arguably Mishima's best, reflects the author's suicidal tendencies, it also offers us insight into one of the twentieth century's greatest and most complex literary icons.
関連小説
The Temple of Golden Pavilion reflects Mishima's preoccupations with beauty and death in a clear and unmistakable manner. It is also an excellent example of a theme that frequently arises in Mishima's work: the resentment of the object of desire. Because this novel, arguably Mishima's best, reflects the author's suicidal tendencies, it also offers us insight into one of the twentieth century'S greatest and most complex literary icons. 三島由紀夫『金閣寺』 英文版 近代日本文学の金字塔ともいえる三島の最高傑作『金閣寺』の英訳版。1956年に出版されベストセラーとなった本書は1959年にイヴァン・モリスによって翻訳され、欧米世界でも広く読まれてきました。1950年に実際に起きた金閣寺放火事件を題材にした本書は「絶対的な美への嫉妬」が大きなテーマとなっています。光彩陸離たる金閣寺は美の象徴であり、不朽の存在として主人公の精神を蝕み続け、終には放火という行為で自身の生を取り戻すストーリーは、太平洋戦争で敗れた日本の劣弱意識を克服し、高度経済成長期へと突入していく時代の予兆を秘めており、戦後日本を代表する文学として重要な位置を占める作品といえます。 2023/06/30 発売
