The Golden Temple

In "The Golden Temple" or Kinkaku-ji, the novel that cemented Mishima's name after being published among the most distinguished writers in the world, the Japanese novelist takes us on a philosophical journey with beauty through a story that shook Japan about a man who burned the most beautiful temple in the world. Since childhood, Meziguchi hears about the Golden Temple from his Buddhist priest father. And since childhood also, he stammers in speech, which made him withdrawn into himself. One day, the father realizes that his death is near, and asks his son to take care of the temple built more than five hundred years ago in Kyoto. He introduces him to the head of the temple, and the boy's journey begins, which we accompany him on, as he looks at Japan before the war and the changes that occurred until 1950, the year in which the Golden Temple, Japan's most famous tourist landmark, was burned.