| #3313390 in Books | 1981-08-10 | 1981-08-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 5.00 x1.00 x7.00l, | File type: PDF | 147 pages||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| poetic writing is very inspiring and beautiful (even translated to English)|By Bradford Hastreiter|I'm really of two minds about Kawabata. His terse,poetic writing is very inspiring and beautiful (even translated to English), and for someone from the West his stories and their settings provide fresh flavors for the imagination. However, after 2 of his books (The other being Sno||“A literary habitat like no other . . . quietly devastating fiction. . . . Behind a lyrical and understated surface, chaotic passions pulse.” |—The Independent (London)| | “Thousand Cranes has the qualities of the be
Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata’s Thousand Cranes is a luminous story of desire, regret, and the almost sensual nostalgia that binds the living to the dead.
While attending a traditional tea ceremony in the aftermath of his parents’ deaths, Kikuji encounters his father’s former mistress, Mrs. Ota. At first Kikuji is appalled by her indelicate nature, but it is not long before he succumbs to passion—a passion with tragic ...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Thousand Cranes | Yasunari Kawabata.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
