The Story of a Small Town by the River (kawabata Yasunari's Works Series)
by G
About This Novel
The emotional entanglement between a man and three women is like the sweetness of a flowing spring; the interweaving of the desire to talk and the frank treatment of each other is like a beautiful flower. The work of Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata, a love story in a small town in Japan after World War II, overturns the stereotype of Japanese women and is sincere and touching. With a writing style that is often filled with sadness, he has the insight to discover delicate beauty, and through the characters in the book, he expresses his persistence in love and his feelings about the impermanence of life. The young talent Jun Yizo is an intern. His colleagues in the hospital, Minzi, his cousin Taozi, and the sister of the patient he treated all fell in love with him. The three girls expressed their love for Yisan in different ways. Minzi took care of the sick Yisan, and Taozi went to Tokyo alone to find the whereabouts of Yisan's house. And Yisan and the house can be said to be in love with each other. The house experienced ups and downs. First, her young brother passed away, and then all her belongings were stolen while living in the dormitory with Yisan. She had no choice but to escape secretly, join her former neighbor and sister, and work as a dancer at a US military base. While working as a dancer in the house, the valet Daji was injured in order to save the house from being captured by the US military, which eventually led to his death. The house was in a trance from then on, and somehow returned to the original small town. Fortunately, Minzi met her and sent her to the hospital. Yisan was finally reunited with the house after suffering from worry and anxiety.
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