Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata Hardback Book 9780241597361

Little Clothbound Classics irresistible mini editions of short stories novellas and essays from the worlds greatest writers designed by the awardwinning Coralie BickfordSmithTired of the bustling city a man takes the train through the snow to Japans mountains to meet with a geisha he believes he loves Beautiful and innocent she is tightly bound by the rules of a rural geisha and lives a life of servitude and seclusion Snow Country Yasunari Kawabatas masterpiece is a delicate subtle meditation on love and its limitsA work of beauty and strangeness one of the most distinguished and moving of Japanese novels New York Herald Tribune