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The Sound of the Mountain Yasunari Kawabata by Kawabata, Yasunari is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Sound of the Mountain Yasunari Kawabata about?
'Of all modern Japanese fiction, Kawabata's is the closest to poetry' New York Times Book Review 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.Lyrical and precise, The Sound of the Mountain explores in immaculately crafted prose the changing roles of love and the truth we face in ageing. Literary Criticism,General,Asian,Older Men,Fiction
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- Author
- Kawabata, Yasunari
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780307833655
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Children'S
- Rating
- 3.93 / 5 (3,110 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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