Kawabata, Yasunari creator Translated by Seidensticker, Edward G. text London Penguin Books 2011 monographic 208 Pages 13x20 cm PB 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. Yasunari Kawabata Translated by Edward G. Seidensticker. Japan Old age Japanese fiction 895.634 9780141192628