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Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata

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Book name: Snow Country (2024)
Category: Art
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Pages: 200 pages
Language: Japanese
Publication data: Jan. 1, 1937, midnight
"Snow Country" is a poignant tale of a tragic love affair between a wealthy city-dweller and a provincial geisha. Set in a remote hot-spring town in the snowy Japanese mountains, the story explores the depth of human emotions, loneliness, and the ephemeral nature of beauty and love. The narrative is filled with vivid imagery and symbolism, reflecting the melancholic and transient beauty of the snow country, and the inevitable fate of the characters. The 1880th greatest book of all time

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Yasunari Kawabata

Yasunari Kawabata

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