Yasunari Kawabata
Works
- The Dancing Girl of Izu
- Snow Country
- The Sound of Mountain
- The Lake
- Thousand Cranes
- The House of Sleeping Beauties
- The Water Crystal Dream
- First Snow on Fuji
- Beauty and Sadness
The Dancing Girl of Izu(1927)
it is all about this student who studies in Tokyo Imperial University. He went to a trip in Izu, in which he meets a group of traveling entertainers. He fell in love with one girl, the dancing girl, Hence he sought after seeking saw that the girl was a child of pure innocence in a way he comes in senses his own self-loathing.back to top
Snow Country
a story of a border seperating the real world that is Tokyp to a dream world that is hot spiring town. This novel was the one sited by the committee of the Nobel which he won that smae year of 1968back to top
Sound of the Mountain
The setting, Kamakura, near Tokyo, takes place during allied occupation after World War II. A hero, Shingo experiences great struggle i his family, and at the same time he becomes aware of what is inside of his heart. The story is Shingo symbolizes the sound of the mountain as his coming end of life.back to top
The Lake
Another of Kawabata's little masterpieces. A rejected former high school teacher, who lost his job because of an affair with a student. The story which is classiffied as a tragedy of a rejecte teacher, but is part of to show dark regions of his character.back to top
A Thousand Cranes
a tale of taboo this novel has received great criticisms in both Japan and abroad. A man who attends a tea party in order to meet a bride, met an old flame of his father. Not so long they had a relationship in where the daughter of the widow did not approve. But our man falls in love for the daughter. Then.....well the widow commited suicide and the daughter dissappears afraid of being like her mother.poor guyback to top
The House of Sleeping Beauties
Considered one of the best works of Kawabata, this novel tackles on a man dying in which he find himself with beautiful women which he feels will make his desire to escape death, however he failed hi salvation in doing so.back to top
The Water Crystal Dream
One of the most important works of Kawabata during his early times. A short story created with the "stream of consciousness" technique. In which a woman in front of her bedroom mirror, thoughts are illustrated in her mind. It centers on the characters inner feelings especially of the heart.back to top
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