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Snow Country

Yasunari Kawabata,

Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator)

Start date: November 1, 2017

Finish date: November 30, 2017

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Jun 08, 2012 Chrissie rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: japan, love, 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.

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Apr 06, 2016 Mary Paul 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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Jul 03, 2012 GONZA 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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Feb 01, 2011 Douglas Beagley marked it as to-read

Dan Mills's favorite book. ...more

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Aug 17, 2019 Janet 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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