
Thousand Cranes
1952 · literary fiction · adult
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Set in 3 places · 2 primarySense of Place
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Description · Open Library (CC0)
*Snow Country* (雪国, Yukiguni) is a novel by the Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata. The novel is considered a classic work of Japanese literature and was among the three novels the Nobel Committee cited in 1968, when Kawabata was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. ---------- 『雪国』(ゆきぐに)は、川端康成の長編小説である。名作として国内外で名高い。雪国を訪れた男が、温泉町でひたむきに生きる女たちの諸相、ゆらめき、定めない命の各瞬間の純粋を見つめる物語。愛し生きる女の情熱の美しく哀しい徒労が、男の虚無に研ぎ澄まされた鏡のような心理の抒情に映されながら、美的に抽出されて描かれている。
Screen adaptations
- Reminiscence (1953)film
- Thousand Cranes (1969)film
Set in
- ★Engakuji Temple, Kamakura · Japan★ primarytea ceremony venue
- ★★ primary
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