This book fully incorporates Kawabata Yasunari's unique style: the sense of fantasy, the sadness of secludedness, and the mysterious aftertaste, which are traditional Japanese literary features. In his beautiful articles, he conveys people's subjective spiritual realm and charm, which is very contagious. Starting from the natural aesthetics, Kawabata describes concrete, detailed and delicate works, and adds a thicker and more delicate subjective emotional tone. Several of his speeches in the book became Kawabata Yasunari's Theory of Japanese Beauty and Japanese Art, constituting his unique aesthetic theoretical system, which shines uniquely in Kawabata's literature.
Reader comments
This book is very much Kawabata Yasunari's personal style! His writing is beautiful and delicate, allowing me to truly feel the charm of Japanese traditional beauty. I especially like the descriptions of nature in his books. Those meticulous depictions make me feel like I am immersed in the scene. Moreover, his views on Japanese art are also very unique, which gave me a deeper understanding of Japanese culture. All in all, this is a book worth reading and I recommend it to you!
This book is very much Kawabata Yasunari's personal style! His writing is beautiful and delicate, allowing me to truly feel the charm of Japanese traditional beauty. I especially like the descriptions of nature in his books. Those meticulous depictions make me feel like I am immersed in the scene. Moreover, his views on Japanese art are also very unique, which gave me a deeper understanding of Japanese culture. All in all, this is a book worth reading and I recommend it to you!