Beauty and Sadness
Author | : Yasunari Kawabata |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2013-02-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780307833631 |
ISBN-13 | : 0307833631 |
Rating | : 4/5 (631 Downloads) |
Download or read book Beauty and Sadness written by Yasunari Kawabata and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The successful writer Oki has reached middle age and is filled with regrets. He returns to Kyoto to find Otoko, a young woman with whom he had a terrible affair many years before, and discovers that she is now a painter, living with a younger woman as her lover. Otoko has continued to love Oki and has never forgotten him, but his return unsettles not only her but also her young lover. This is a work of strange beauty, with a tender touch of nostalgia and a heartbreaking sensitivity to those things lost forever.