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Thousand Cranes
Thousand Cranes exemplifies Kawabata's mastery of the nuances of human psychology Kikuji has been invited to a tea ceremony by a mistress of his dead father. He is shocked to...
Snow Country
A tale of wasted love, and beauty, by Japan's literary master Shimamura is tired of the bustling city. He takes the train through the snow to the mountains of the...
Thousand Cranes
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Kikuji has been invited to a tea ceremony by a mistress of his dead father, only to find that the mistress'...
The Old Capital
Author: Yasunari Kawabata Format: Paperback Number of Pages: The Old Capital is of one of the three works for which Yasunari Kawabata won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Set in...
The Sound of the Mountain
Kawabata's serenely observed and enormously affecting portrait of old age Ogata Shingo is growing old, and his memory is failing him. At night he hears only the sound of death...
Beauty and Sadness
An erotic study of love and jealousy, by Japan's literary master The successful writer Oki has reached middle age and is filled with regrets. He returns to Kyoto to find...
Snow Country
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics- irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Tired of the bustling city, a...
The Rainbow
A powerful, poignant novel about three half sisters in post-war Japan, from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Snow Country With the Second World War only a few years in the...
Thirst For Love
A masterwork of Japanese literary fiction, Thirst for Love chronicles the psychological unraveling of Etsuko, a young widow who moves into her late husband's family estate in rural Japan and...
The Best Japanese Short Stories: Works by 14 Modern Masters: Kawabata, Akutagawa and More
Author: Lane Dunlop Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 An anthology of the greatest stories by modern Japanese masters (including previously overlooked women writers)! Fourteen distinct voices are assembled in...
日本の名画 16: 川端龍子 (Japanese Masterpiece 16. Kawabata Ryushi Yakai)
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Mylar sleeve protecting binding. A landmark volume in Japanese art publishing, this monograph...
The Bear and the Paving Stone
Winner of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, three dream-like tales of memory and war Visiting a friend in the French countryside, a man finds himself cast into the quandaries of historical...