| Author: | Yasunari Kawabata | ISBN: | 9780307833631 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | February 20, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Vintage | Language: | English |
| Author: | Yasunari Kawabata |
| ISBN: | 9780307833631 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication: | February 20, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Language: | English |
The successful writer Oki has reached middle age and is filled with regrets. He returns to Kyoto to find Otoko, a young woman with whom he had a terrible affair many years before, and discovers that she is now a painter, living with a younger woman as her lover. Otoko has continued to love Oki and has never forgotten him, but his return unsettles not only her but also her young lover. This is a work of strange beauty, with a tender touch of nostalgia and a heartbreaking sensitivity to those things lost forever.
The successful writer Oki has reached middle age and is filled with regrets. He returns to Kyoto to find Otoko, a young woman with whom he had a terrible affair many years before, and discovers that she is now a painter, living with a younger woman as her lover. Otoko has continued to love Oki and has never forgotten him, but his return unsettles not only her but also her young lover. This is a work of strange beauty, with a tender touch of nostalgia and a heartbreaking sensitivity to those things lost forever.
