Beauty And Sadness
Author(s): Kawabata
The successful writer Oki has reached middle age and is filled with regrets. He returns to Kyoto to 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 continues 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.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Vintage
- : Vintage Books
- : 204.0
- : 01 January 1996
- : 203mm x 135mm x 203mm
- : books
Special Fields
- : Kawabata
- : Paperback
- : 224
- : FA