I've just finished reading Beauty and Sadness by Yasunari Kawabata. It ended quite abruptly!
It's the third novel of his that I've read - I'm always struck by the beauty of his paragraphs of cinematic description that interspers the narrative, they do add a sense of seeing the whole thing for me.
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Anyhow, hoping today inaugurates a back-to-regular-reading day. Just before break, I had bought a big stack of recent books, esp. #history monographs, that barely got touched before the semester kicked off. Some great #fiction waiting in the wings, including #SamanthaHarvey's *Orbital*!
(I did start *Snow Country* by #KawabataYasunari around the start of the year but it is *clearly* not where my brain is at, as I made it halfway, stalled, and may very well DNF it. I've read one or two things from him before and remember enjoying them, so this is likely a time-and-place thing on my part, not a critique of the book.)
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That photo reminds me of Yasunari's Kawabata's book "Snow Country".
I think I should read it again.
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After watching "The Dancing Girl of Izu", based on the book from the maestro Yasunari Kawabata, I want to read his novel now. For sure the book will be greater than the movie!
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#NowWatching : The Izu Dancer [Japan, 1974]
A beautiful romantic drama based on the story "The Izu Dancer" (1927) by Yasunari Kawabata.
Starring Momoe Yamaguchi.
#Japan #JapaneseMovies #1970s #YamaguchiMomoe #KawabataYasunari #山口百恵 #川端康成
Title: Autumn, Izu Dancing Girl (1988)
Artist: Toshi Yoshida
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1955/01/the-izu-dancer-a-story/640683/ #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #ToshiYoshida #KawabataYasunari #TheDancingGirlOfIzu #Autumn #Izu #Japan
My translation of Dazai's infamous letter to Kawabata Yasunari, where he threatends to stab him, is now available on the (new!) Yobanashi Café website:
https://yobanashicafe.wordpress.com/2023/09/22/letter-to-kawabata-yasunari-from-dazai-osamu
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