Thousand Cranes by Kawabata Yasunari (Love, Memory, Shadow of the Past)

A discussion of Kawabata’s excellent novel, focusing on the language and themes he develops. This volume was translated by Edward Seidensticker. Recommended if you like: Snow Country or Beauty & Sadness by Yasunari Kawabata Some Prefer Nettles by Junichiro Tanizaki Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima Sula by Toni Morrison, my discussion: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami, my discussion: Penguin Book of Haiku Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Dancing Bear by James Crumley Stories of Raymond Carver The Prisoner and The Fugitive by Marcel Proust The Wings of the Dove by Henry James Cousin Bette by Honore de Balzac #booktube #januaryinjapan #yasunarikawabata #japaneseliterature