by Yasunari Kawabata · Austral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496580893
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Immerse yourself in the melancholic beauty of 'Snow Country' by Yasunari Kawabata, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1968. The novel tells the story of Shimamura, a wealthy man who returns to the Snow Country in search of solace and escapism. There he meets Komako again, a young geisha apprentice, and becomes involved in a complex and emotionally charged relationship. Through Kawabata's poetic prose, the novel explores themes such as love, loneliness and the fleeting nature of beauty in a wintery and evocative setting.
Yasunari Kawabata was a Japanese novelist and short story writer whose spare, lyrical, subtly-shaded prose works won him the 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Japanese author to receive the award. His works have enjoyed broad international appeal and are still widely read.
