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Snow Country
Yasunari Kawabata
- Penguin Modern Classics
- Penguin Modern Classics
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
ISBN 9780141192598 | EN | PB
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| Publisher | Penguin Modern Classics |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780141192598 |
| Publication date | January 2011 |
| Edition | Paperback |
| Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
| Pages | 128 |
| Language(s) | English ed. |
| Exhibition | Penguin Modern Classics |
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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.