This book contains a total of ten exquisite short and medium stories, including "The Dancing Girl of Izu", "The Beast", "Twenty Years Old", "A Daughter's Heart", "The Diary of a Sixteen-Year-Old", "Lyric Song" and "Hot Spring Hotel", and is accompanied by exquisite paintings by the famous painter Takehisa Yumeji. It is a masterpiece that cannot be missed to understand Kawabata Yasunari's aesthetics. Among them, "The Dancing Girl of Izu" is Kawabata Yasunari's early masterpiece and famous work. On a mountain road in Izu, a boy from Tokyo encounters a group of traveling entertainers and is attracted by the innocent and beautiful little dancer Kaoruko. Kaoruko gradually becomes attached to the boy. But until the end of the journey, neither of them expressed their love for each other, leaving behind the most beautiful first love in the world...
Reader comments
I think the writing is very beautiful, but I don't know if it's because of the translation or something, but it always feels a little confusing and weird. And the narrative also spills out sideways.
This book is a rare book by Kawabata Yasunari. In this book, he gave up the writing of "material sorrow" and dreamy metaphors that he has always advocated, and instead used plain storytelling to describe an Eastern-style first love, pure, beautiful, shy, regretful, and described pure love in a plain way. It is a book suitable for newbies Kawabata Yasunari
Finished reading on October 14th. Inexplicably uncomfortable, and a little weird.
The story of this book is so touching! Especially in "The Dancer of Izu", the hazy emotion between the two made me feel the beauty and innocence of first love. Moreover, Kawabata Yasunari's writing is very delicate, and the characterization of the characters is also very good, making me feel like I am in the story. I really like this book and recommend it to you!
Unable to love, young and ignorant
The boy's throbbing was regrettable.
Understanding Japan starts with Kawabata Yasunari's novels
I think the writing is very beautiful, but I don't know if it's because of the translation or something, but it always feels a little confusing and weird. And the narrative also spills out sideways.
This book is a rare book by Kawabata Yasunari. In this book, he gave up the writing of "material sorrow" and dreamy metaphors that he has always advocated, and instead used plain storytelling to describe an Eastern-style first love, pure, beautiful, shy, regretful, and described pure love in a plain way. It is a book suitable for newbies Kawabata Yasunari
Finished reading on October 14th. Inexplicably uncomfortable, and a little weird.
The story of this book is so touching! Especially in "The Dancer of Izu", the hazy emotion between the two made me feel the beauty and innocence of first love. Moreover, Kawabata Yasunari's writing is very delicate, and the characterization of the characters is also very good, making me feel like I am in the story. I really like this book and recommend it to you!
Unable to love, young and ignorant
The boy's throbbing was regrettable.
Understanding Japan starts with Kawabata Yasunari's novels