★Summer, seaside, love, fire, death.
★The Chinese version of Yasushi Kawabata's debut novel is released for the first time.
★A must-read for fans of Kawabata Yasunari, a virgin novel closely related to Kawabata's own first love experience.
[About the author] Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972), a Japanese New Sensationist writer. His representative works include "The Dancing Girl of Izu", "Snow Country", "Ancient Capital", "Mountain Sound", "Sleeping Beauty", etc., Using delicate brushstrokes to express the beauty of impermanence in the changes of life and death and the flow of all things. In 1968, he became Japan's first Nobel Prize winner in literature.
[Introduction] "The Fire Festival of the Sea" is the debut novel of the famous Japanese novelist Kawabata Yasunari. In this work, Kawabata Yasunari interweaves his first love experience with Indian and Greek mythology to write a charming youth novel.
The story of the novel takes place on the Kamakura beach in midsummer. Young men and women Shinichi and Yumiko ignited the flame of love, but then the elegant and mysterious girl Tsukiko appeared, making Shinichi fall in love at first sight; Tachikawa and Asako were regarded as a perfect match by the people around them, but both sides dared not break the window paper; Tsukiko and his sister had a deep relationship, but the fathers of the two sisters were not the same. This secret made both of them extremely painful... Several young people chased each other on the beach of Kamakura, wandering, savoring the sweetness and sadness of their respective youths. When the Kamakura Umi Fire Festival was held, the lanterns of comfort disappeared with the waves, and the youth stories of several young people also came to an end.
Reader comments
This book reminded me of my youth. The characters in the book are all vivid. I especially like Chaozi. I am deeply impressed by her cheerfulness and vitality. Kawabata Yasunari's description is very delicate, which can make me feel the atmosphere of the seaside in midsummer, and also give me a deeper understanding of youth. This book is worth reading and I recommend it to you.
This book reminded me of my youth. The characters in the book are all vivid. I especially like Chaozi. I am deeply impressed by her cheerfulness and vitality. Kawabata Yasunari's description is very delicate, which can make me feel the atmosphere of the seaside in midsummer, and also give me a deeper understanding of youth. This book is worth reading and I recommend it to you.