“나는 이러한 얼굴에 직면한다. 중요한 비밀을 고백할 때에도, 미에 대한 격렬한 감동을 호소할 때에도, 자신의 내장을 꺼내어 보여주는 듯한 경우에도, 내가 직면하는 것은 이러한 얼굴이다. 인간은 평소에 인간을 향해 이러한 얼굴을 보이면 안 된다. 그 얼굴은 더할 나위 없이 충실히 나의 우스꽝스러운 초조감을 그대로 흉내 내어, 마치 무시무시한 거울처럼 변해 있었다. 아무리 잘생긴 얼굴이라도, 그럴 때에는 나와 똑같이 추한 얼굴로 변모한다. 그것을 본 순간 내가 표현하려고 생각했던 중요한 것들은 기왓장이나 다를 바 없는 무가치한 존재로 전락하고 만다.......”
Quote by Yukio Mishima
Work
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion is a novel by Japanese author Yukio Mishima, first published in 1956. It is based on the real-life burning of the Kinkaku-ji temple in Kyoto in 1950. The story follows Mizoguchi, a young man with a stutter and a deep admiration for the temple's beauty, who becomes a novice at the temple. His growing obsession with the temple's perfection and his internal conflicts with beauty, ugliness, and impermanence culminate in a dramatic and tragic decision. The novel explores themes of aestheticism, obsession, and the destructive nature of idealized beauty. more
Author
Yukio Mishima
Yukio Mishima was a Japanese author and playwright, a prominent figure in post-war Japanese literature. His works, characterized by a fusion of traditional Japanese aesthetics and modernist techniques, often explored themes of tradition, ritual, and the samurai code. more
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