Kawabata, Yasunari
The Sound of the Mountain Yasunari Kawabata - London Penguin Books 2011 - 208 Pages 13x20 cm PB
Translated by Edward G. Seidensticker.
Ogata Shingo is growing old, and his memory is failing him. At night he hears only the sound of death in the distant rumble from the mountain. The relationships which have previously defined his life - with his son, his wife, and his attractive daughter-in-law - are dissolving, and Shingo is caught between love and destruction.
9780141192628
Japan
Old age
Japanese fiction
895.634
The Sound of the Mountain Yasunari Kawabata - London Penguin Books 2011 - 208 Pages 13x20 cm PB
Translated by Edward G. Seidensticker.
Ogata Shingo is growing old, and his memory is failing him. At night he hears only the sound of death in the distant rumble from the mountain. The relationships which have previously defined his life - with his son, his wife, and his attractive daughter-in-law - are dissolving, and Shingo is caught between love and destruction.
9780141192628
Japan
Old age
Japanese fiction
895.634