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The Sound of the Mountain
The Sound of the Mountain
Author: Yasunari Kawabata, Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator)
By day Ogata Shingo is troubled by small failures of memory. At night he hears a distant rumble from the nearby mountain, a sound he associates with death. In between are the relationships that were once the foundation of Shingo's life: with his disappointing wife, his philandering son, and his daughter-in-law Kikuko, who instills in him bot...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780679762645
ISBN-10: 0679762647
Publication Date: 5/28/1996
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Kawabata won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964, ushering in an outpouring of translations of his works. From a Western perspective, he can be a challenging storyteller: His stories don't end neatly with all conflicts and issues tidily explained. His characters are complex and sometime obstinate enough to seem like relatives.


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