Kawabata, Yasunari, 1899-1972.
Snow country / Yasunari Kawabata ; translated from the Japanese by Edward G. Seidensticker. - New York, N.Y. : Perigee Books, [1981] c1957. - x, 145 pages ; 20 cm.
Translation of Yukiguni.
At an isolated mountain hot spring, with snow blanketing every surface, Shimamura, a wealthy dilettante meets Komako, a lowly geisha. She gives herself to him fully and without remorse, despite knowing that their passion cannot last and that the affair can have only one outcome.
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Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Geishas--Fiction.
Japan--Fiction.
Snow country / Yasunari Kawabata ; translated from the Japanese by Edward G. Seidensticker. - New York, N.Y. : Perigee Books, [1981] c1957. - x, 145 pages ; 20 cm.
Translation of Yukiguni.
At an isolated mountain hot spring, with snow blanketing every surface, Shimamura, a wealthy dilettante meets Komako, a lowly geisha. She gives herself to him fully and without remorse, despite knowing that their passion cannot last and that the affair can have only one outcome.
0399505253 : $4.95 0679761047 0141192593 0679761047
80039979
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Geishas--Fiction.
Japan--Fiction.