康成·川端

Snow Country, perhaps the most of Yasunari Kawabata's classic Japanese novels, is a dazzling portrait of a country geisha, Komako, in a Japanese hot springs resort, as seen through the eyes of a wealthy dilettante, Shimamira. The two main characters, as well as Yoko, the pretty maid who comes between them, are searching for love, but their circumstances and their unrealistic hopes ensure they cannot find it and that only tragedy and deep despair for all three of them can ensure. To this haunting novel of doomed love, Kawabata brings the brushstroke suggestiveness and astonishing grasp of motive that earned him the Nobel between the main characters change as the book progress. Although the opening scenes depict the beginning of true, unblemished love, the book ends on the brink of tragedy for Shimamura and Komako - and Yoko as well. It is a lovely story that brims with the fire of passion and then grows as ice cold as the snowy mountains in which it is set.

雪国

Snow Country

Acceptance speech given by Mr. Kawabata upon receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968, the first Japanese author to receive the award.

その序説

美しい日本の私

A collection of stories reflects the emotional toll of early losses in life

The Dancing Girl of Izu and Other Stories

雪国. 第3卷

川端康成選集

その序說

建一·安田

園博·水原

香男里·川端

留美子·金坂

Kawabata Yasunari and Yasuda Yukihiko

Japan is Beautiful

'The Lake, ' translated by Reiko Tsukimura, is the story of a man's obsession with an adolescent girl and his secret pursuit of her innocence -- will come as a major surprise to those who associate Kawabata with things delicate and understated.

The Lake

康成·川端

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