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" (...) Tal vez no exista una felicidad tal que nos lleve a decidir no olvidar ".

" (...) Pensó en la secuencia de besos que le daría, en el modo como lo haría. Quedó sorprendido al darse cuenta de que era más feliz haciendo esto que estando con ella ".

Me gustó mucho más este relato "Sin palabras", y yo pensaba q este libro no me estaba gustando

" Estuve pensando que las personas tienen las cosas que necesitan de acuerdo a los tiempos. Y yo lo que más necesito en este momento es simpatía y consuelo ".

COMO EN YOUR NAME

El crisantemo en la roca es x ahora mi relato favorito

" En este valle de lágrimas nada que se haga después de la muerte puede ser bello ".

" Puede pensarse que la belleza de sus vidas quedó fundida en la piedra de sus sepulcros ".

Con este relato tengo que estar pegada a Google tratando de ver de qué persona habla

" Pienso que dentro de mí había una muchacha. Si no hubiésemos tenido guerra esa muchacha habría quedado reprimida. Pero gracias a la guerra la muchacha salió al mundo. "

" _Pienso que Kishiyama no miraba el jardín. Le servía sólo para volver la cara hacia él y estar allí pero sin ver nada. Era por eso por lo que le gustaba esta habitación, ¿no cree? ".

𝘜𝘯𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘭𝘢 𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦

"Soeda advirtió que las hojas amarilladas temblaban como mariposas que se hubieran posado en las ramas".

la definición de Tatiana

El cuento con el chico trans (¿?) ME MATÓ, hermoso

The titular story, First Snow on Fuji, was incredibly written, and I completely understand why it would become the title for the anthology. The connection and relationship/lack their of between Jiro and Utako was palpable, and I really felt like I was on the train or in the bathhouse with them. I could really feel their pain, and was captivated the whole time. Liked his use of chapters in this one too

somehow such a deep and insightful conversation about death and the after life while still being beautiful and accessible. seems to bring up a very interesting paradox; the seamless gravestone to me is a microcosm for a “seamless” or perfect life lived. You can’t demand someone else create it, you just have to live unabashedly and you will get the death and legacy earned.

Really loved how much Kawabata was able to do with so few pages. I got a feel for many of the characters, and felt like I was in the apartment with them. Wasn’t expecting to like such a short one, but Yasunari shows how little it takes for him to create strong and compelling characters.

My favorite story in the book so far. Explores nature in many facets, both human nature and earthly nature. my favorite quote from this story was, “All things join the flow of water,” which is especially poignant coming from the protagonist’s late friend and writing contemporary. I wish this story was longer, and I think Kawabata started identifying some really compelling ideas about gender and nature.

Enjoyed “Row of Trees” a lot. It really felt like I was in New England; Kawabata has a perfect blend of poetic and literal scene setting, and I had a clear image in my head the whole time. I love how he uses plot to show us who his characters are, rather than just telling us. He makes it obvious what takeaways the reader will have, but still feels rewarding. Really liked the ending, and felt more put together.

really good story to start off the collection. Nothing too flashy, and a very ambiguous ending, but strong characters and plot; excited to read the rest

"As Kawabata the writer became increasingly visible, Kawabata the man who wrote did indeed vanish into a certain kind of silence."

"The 'I' in my me seems to have disappeared. Or perhaps I ought to say that a different 'I' has been living inside me" - Kawabata, 1957

I'm currently reading the 3rd story in the book and I am really enjoying it. The 2nd story was really wholesome and enjoyable

La fame di parole può essere atroce.

Yumiura - At first this reads like a quietly unsettling meditation on memory and its ability to distort the past. But, when placed in the context of real-life examples where people have 'remembered' traumatic events vividly, only for them to be shown up as false, Kawabata's tale suddenly becomes very unnerving. Another good example of surrealism by way of people's fallibility. A pretty good story.

Her Husband Didn't - Another sad and slightly twisted tale, but this time about a middle-aged woman having an affair with a young man who's around the same age as her dead daughter - this last she likes to keep reminding him of. This young man has an earlobe fetish as well. The story concerns the impossibility of their kind of love, and documents the slow and quiet disintegration of their relationship.

'Silence' - Easily one of Kawabata's best, and most surreal. At one point he very delicately traces Borgesian territory in an exploration of themes of authorial intent and memory. The most unnerving moments though were firstly the woman's ghost that bookends the story and the seriously strange and borderline incestuous relationship between the paralysed writer and his daughter. There's so much here to savour.

First Snow on Fuji - A sad affair all around. Two former lovers (one going through a divorce) spend the day together in a country spa. There is tension (sexual or otherwise) running through both the spoken dialogue and inner voices, and themes of regret and nostalgia and a hopeless longing to change the past dominate much of their conversation. This dreary picture is tied back to Mount Fuji, seen from their room.