Snow country
川端康成 • Vintage Books • ISBN-13 978‑0679761044
Snow country
ISBN-10: 0679761047 · ISBN-13: 978‑0679761044 · 1996
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Set in a remote hot spring town in the Japanese Alps, this lyrical novel explores the doomed romance between a wealthy dilettante from Tokyo and a local geisha. Kawabata’s prose captures the stark beauty of the winter landscape, reflecting the emotional isolation and transience inherent in the characters' lives. This edition serves as a definitive translation of a masterpiece that earned the author the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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