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Snow Country

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A tale of wasted love, and beauty, by Japan’s literary master

Shimamura is tired of the bustling city. He takes the train through the snow to the mountains of the west coast of Japan, to meet with a geisha he believes he loves. Beautiful and innocent, Komako is tightly bound by the rules of a rural geisha, and lives a life of servitude and seclusion that is alien to Shimamura, and their love offers no freedom to either of them.

Snow Country is both delicate and subtle, reflecting in Kawabata’s exact, lyrical writing the unspoken love and the understated passion of the young Japanese couple.

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Format

Paperback

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Country

United Kingdom

Date

7 March 2011

Pages

128

ISBN

9780141192598

A tale of wasted love, and beauty, by Japan’s literary master

Snow Country is both delicate and subtle, reflecting in Kawabata’s exact, lyrical writing the unspoken love and the understated passion of the young Japanese couple.

Format

Paperback

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Country

United Kingdom

Date

7 March 2011

Pages

128

ISBN

9780141192598

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