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Kawabata's prose is really beautiful, and in this book, the prose is better than the story itself. I didn't like the characters, but after letting it settle a bit, I did like how the story ended
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Sep 07, 2009
Daisy
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it was ok
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I lost interest in this 1/3 of the way in. I don't even wonder what I missed. I returned it to the library.
By the way, my library copy had a pencil check mark over the word Kyoto every single time. Weird. ...more
By the way, my library copy had a pencil check mark over the word Kyoto every single time. Weird. ...more
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