Юкио Мисима

Роман знаменитого японского писателя Юкио Мисимы «Золотой Храм» — шедевр, заслуженно признаваемый самым читаемым в мире произведением японской литературы. Он основан на реальном событии: в 1950 г. молодой монах сжег знаменитый Золотой Храм в Киото. Под пером писателя эта история превращается в захватывающую притчу о великой и губительной силе красоты. Перевод романа выполнен Григорием Чхартишвили (Борисом Акуниным).

Золотой Храм

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"I'm the kind that doesn't care about that sort of thing at all," he said.

I was amazed. Having been raised in the rough environment of the country, I was unfamiliar with this type of gentleness. Tsurukawa's gentleness taught me that, even if stuttering were removed from my existence, I could still remain myself. I thoroughly enjoyed being stripped stark naked. Tsurukawa's eyes, bordered with their long lashes, filtered away my stuttering and accepted the rest of me just as I was. Until then I had been under the strange illusion that to disregard my stuttering was of itself equivalent to annihilating that existence called "me"

People with comic looks like me are extremely adept at avoiding the danger of appearing tragic by mistake. I knew very well that if I once began to appear tragic, people would no longer feel at ease when they came into contact with me. It was especially important for the souls of other people that i should never appear to be a wretched figure

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