Yasunari Kawabata: SNOW COUNTRY

In the novel Snow Country, Yasunari Kawabata chronicles the sad affair between a wealthy dilettante and a geisha. The doomed affair is aptly set in the cold backdrop of a snow country.

The author weaves the simple prose so well that its effect, after reading the last page, is lasting.

Rating: 4.0/5.0

{02 February 2010}