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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
J P Tarcher
Publication date
July 1, 1981
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780399505256
ISBN-10
0399505253
Dimensions
0.50 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
0.50 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$9.50
§As reported by publisher
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
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The Old Capital | Kokoro | Masks | The Woman in the Dunes | Kitchen | Naomi | Thousand Cranes
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
The power of love and illusion shape the lives of a young geisha and a rich Tokyo dilettante
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata’s Snow Country is widely considered to be the writer’s masterpiece: a powerful tale of wasted love set amid the desolate beauty of western Japan.
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. In chronicling the course of this doomed romance, Kawabata has created a story for the ages — a stunning novel dense in implication and exalting in its sadness.
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. In chronicling the course of this doomed romance, Kawabata has created a story for the ages — a stunning novel dense in implication and exalting in its sadness.
Editions
Hardcover
from Random House Inc (December 1, 1972)
9780394445915 | details & prices | List price $10.95
About: The power of love and illusion shape the lives of a young woman and man in these two novels
About: The power of love and illusion shape the lives of a young woman and man in these two novels
Paperback
With Edward Seidensticker |
from Vintage Books (January 1, 1996)
9780679761044 | details & prices | 175 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $15.00
About: Follows the story of a tragic affair between a wealthy dilettante and a mountain geisha who gives herself to him without illusions or regrets, in a tale of wasted love by the Nobel Prize-winning Japanese author.
About: Follows the story of a tragic affair between a wealthy dilettante and a mountain geisha who gives herself to him without illusions or regrets, in a tale of wasted love by the Nobel Prize-winning Japanese author.
The price comparison is for this edition
from J P Tarcher (July 1, 1981)
9780399505256 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $9.50
About: The power of love and illusion shape the lives of a young geisha and a rich Tokyo dilettante
About: The power of love and illusion shape the lives of a young geisha and a rich Tokyo dilettante
CD/Spoken Word
With Brian Nishii (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Brilliance Audio (September 10, 2013)
9781480563803 | details & prices | 6.50 × 5.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $14.99
With Brian Nishii (other contributor) |
Mp3 una edition from Brilliance Audio (September 10, 2013)
9781480564428 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.18 lbs | List price $14.99
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