The Temple of Dawn

Download or read book The Temple of Dawn written by Yukio Mishima and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-02-23 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mishima’s literary powers are on full display in his penultimate novel that is a meditation on reincarnation and Buddhist philosophy. Honda, a brilliant lawyer and man of reason, is called to Bangkok on legal business, where he is granted an audience with a young Thai princess - an encounter that radically alters the course of his life. He is convinced she is a reincarnated spirit, and undertakes a long, arduous pilgrimage to the holy places of India, where, in the climactic scene, he encounters her once more, only to have his newfound beliefs shattered and his life bereft of all meaning.