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What did I think? It's more what I felt while reading this- cold, wintry, and even inexplicably depressed. The mood of the book seeps into everything, and the characters are equally disturbing and desolate. Shimamura appears to be a man who observes his life and his world through a pane of glass- thus avoiding any emotional involvement. Komako, a local woman who has finished her geisha training since he last visited, is the reason he comes to the snow country, and yet their interactions appear u
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Kawabata paints with words. In this book, he paints the heartbreak of multitudes.
I like the strong sense of place, as well as, learning about the kotatsu and the chijimi cloth.
I like the strong sense of place, as well as, learning about the kotatsu and the chijimi cloth.
I actually liked this book...and me and "the classics" generally do not get along!
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Very delicate and beautiful. I longed for snow.
What a strange short enigmatic novel.
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