Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata (English) Paperback Book

Description: Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata, Edward G. Seidensticker Shimamura is tired of the bustling city. He takes the train through the snow to the mountains of the west coast of Japan, to meet with a geisha he believes he loves. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A tale of wasted love, and beauty, by Japans literary masterShimamura is tired of the bustling city. He takes the train through the snow to the mountains of the west coast of Japan, to meet with a geisha he believes he loves. Beautiful and innocent, Komako is tightly bound by the rules of a rural geisha, and lives a life of servitude and seclusion that is alien to Shimamura, and their love offers no freedom to either of them. Snow Country is both delicate and subtle, reflecting in Kawabatas exact, lyrical writing the unspoken love and the understated passion of the young Japanese couple. Author Biography Yasunari Kawabata was born near Osaka in 1899 and was orphaned at the age of two. His first stories were published while he was still in high school and he decided to become a writer. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University in 1924 and a year later made his first impact on Japanese letters with Izu Dancer. He soon became a leading figure the lyrical school that offered the chief challenge to the proletarian literature of the late 1920s. His writings combine the two forms of the novel and the haiku poems, which within restrictions of a rigid metre achieves a startling beauty by its juxtaposition of opposite and incongruous terms. Snow Country (1956) and Thousand Cranes (1959) brought him international recognition. Kawabata died by his own hand, on April 16 1972.Snow Country is translated from the Japanese by Edward G. Seidensticker (1921-2007), who was a prominent scholar of Japanese literature. Review Beautifully economical . . . The haiku works entirely by implication; so, in this novel, using the same delicate, glancing technique, Mr. Kawabata probes a complicated human relationship * The Times Literary Supplement *Kawabatas novels are among the most affecting and original works of our time * The New York Times Book Review * Review Quote Kawabatas novels are among the most affecting and original works of our time Details ISBN0141192593 Author Edward G. Seidensticker Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2011 Translator Edward G. Seidensticker ISBN-10 0141192593 ISBN-13 9780141192598 Format Paperback Media Book Pages 128 Imprint Penguin Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1899 Death 1972 Language English Series Penguin Modern Classics Translated from Japanese Publication Date 2011-01-06 UK Release Date 2011-01-06 DEWEY 895.6/344 Audience General NZ Release Date 2011-03-06 AU Release Date 2011-03-06 Alternative 9780141950167 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:34164561;

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