Snow country ; and, Thousand cranes
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Contributors
Seidensticker, Edward, 1921-2007, translator.
Status
Adult Fiction - South Wing Basement
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
175, 147 pages
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Originally published separately in Japanese.
Description
This book presents English translations of two short novels by the 1968 recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Snow Mountain is a nuanced love story involving a discouraged urbanite (Shimamura) and a rural geisha (Komako). 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. 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. Thousand Cranes is another love story. This melancholy tale uses the classical tea ceremony as a background for the story of a young man's relationships to two women, his father's former mistress and her daughter.
Awards
Nobel Prize for Literature, 1968.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kawabata, Y., & Seidensticker, E. (1969). Snow country ; and, Thousand cranes (Nobel Prize edition of two novels.). Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kawabata, Yasunari, 1899-1972 and Edward Seidensticker. 1969. Snow Country ; And, Thousand Cranes. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kawabata, Yasunari, 1899-1972 and Edward Seidensticker. Snow Country ; And, Thousand Cranes Knopf, 1969.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kawabata, Yasunari, and Edward Seidensticker. Snow Country ; And, Thousand Cranes Nobel Prize edition of two novels., Knopf, 1969.
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