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Chrissie
Jun 08, 2012 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: love, japan, 2014-read, audible-us
As with other books I have read by Kawabata, I didn't like this book in the beginning; by the end I am always glad I have read them. His writing is a lovely mix of haiku characteristic contrasts and normal text. The scenes drawn evoke the feel of Japanese culture and landscape and traditions. Dialog too. The books lead up to a crescendo of feeling. The theme, a hopeless love relationship between a wealthy dilettante and a geisha did not attract me.

And I have to say a word about the introduction ...more
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Mary Paul
Apr 06, 2016 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
IF you're undertaking "Snow Country" I hope you're sitting down, preferably on a tatami under a kotatsu, drinking a tiny cup of ujicha as flakes drift by your window... but a plain table is fine, I suppose, as long as there's a fire nearby. And I hope you're not in a hurry.

"Snow Country" was a semester requirement for me, in a non-western literature course I despised. This is probably the worst possible way to read a good book, besides perhaps a high school English class. At the time, it did not ...more
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GONZA
Jul 03, 2012 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
un libro che poteva essere solo giapponese, non solo per l'ambientazione, ma soprattutto per la modalita' in cui viene narrato. Sembra quasi che se qualcuno si mettesse a strillare intorno a te che lo stai sfogliando, i protagonisti potrebbero uscire dal libro per cazziarlo. Atmomsfere ancora piu' impalpabili di quelle a cui ci ha abituato Banana e un argomento di tipo sessuale trattato come se fosse la lista della spesa, viene da pensare che i giapponesi siano quanto di piu' simile ai vulcanian ...more
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Douglas Beagley
Feb 01, 2011 marked it as to-read
Dan Mills's favorite book. ...more
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Janet
Aug 17, 2019 rated it really liked it
The author has created a work with beautifully described settings, realistic, well defined characters, memorable plot, and such heartbreaking sadness.
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Christian
Apr 09, 2009 marked it as læse-liste
Jaci McCon
Dec 05, 2010 rated it it was ok
Shelves: own, read-in-2011
Yair Ben-Zvi
Jul 29, 2011 marked it as to-read
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Alicatte
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Laura
Sep 08, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Navi
Oct 20, 2014 marked it as to-read
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Kristen
Mar 08, 2015 marked it as to-read
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Elanna
Dec 01, 2016 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: checked, japan, novels, classics
Manybooks
Jul 04, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Toni
Jul 28, 2018 marked it as to-read
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