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Book Description
With a restraint that barely conceals the ferocity of his characters' passions, one of Japan's great postwar novelists tells the luminous story of Kikuji and the tea party he attends with Mrs. Ota, the rival of his dead father's mistress. A tale of desire, regret, and sensual nostalgia, every gesturContinue
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Book Review: Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata Share
Subtlety and intricacy are what composes the power within a Kawabata novel, and Thousand Cranes is no different. Readers are given insights into characters via way of passive comment, a gesture overlooked, the description of lipstick on a stained cup ... (read full critics)
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- English Books
- Paperback 147 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0679762655
- ISBN-13: 9780679762652
- Publisher: Vintage
- Pub date: Nov 26, 1996
- Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Others and eBook
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| 9780679762652 | Paperback | $13.95 | $10.04 | bn.com |
| $13.95 | $10.49 | The Book Depository | ||
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Thousand Cranes, By Yasunari Kawabata
Enter and explore a literary habitat like no other with Penguin's four classic volumes of quietly devastating fiction by Japan's Nobel laureate. A perfect place to begin, Thousand Cranes (translated by Edward G Seidensticker) appeared in 1958 and hel ... (read full critics)