Snow Country
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"Snow Country" was one of the three novels mentioned by Kawabata Yasunari when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. The story begins with a train heading to the snowy country. The dusk scene passing by outside the window reflects the girl's eyes reflected on the glass, making it confusing. Shimamura, a dance art researcher, went to the snowy northern mountain village three times. He fell into love entanglement with the local geisha Komako and the girl Ye Zi who met by chance. The falling snow covered up all love and futility... There is no twists and turns in the book, but Shimamura laments that life is like a dream. , Juzi's resentment of not being able to love, Ye Zi's vague memories of life and death, supplemented by the cold scenery of the northern mountain village, bring the beauty of nothingness, cleanliness and sadness depicted in it to the extreme. It is heart-stirring and melancholy. It can be said to be "the pinnacle of lyrical literature in the history of modern literature."
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