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Book, 1994
Current format, Book, 1994, First Vintage International edition, Available now.
Book, 1994
Current format, Book, 1994, First Vintage International edition, Available now. Offered in 0 more formats
"Because of the boyhood trauma of seeing his mother make love to another man in the presence of his dying father, Mizoguchi becomes a hopeless stutterer. Taunted by his schoolmates, he feels utterly alone until he becomes an acolyte at a famous temple in Kyoto. He quickly becomes obsessed with the beauty of the temple. Even when tempted by a friend into exploring the geisha district, he cannot escape its image. In the novel's soaring climax, he tries desperately to free himself from his fixation"--From publisher description.
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