In chronicling the course of this doomed romance, Kawabata has created a story for the ages, a stunning novel dense in implication and exalting in its sadness. She gives herself to him fully and without remorse, despite knowing that their passion cannot last and that the affair can have only one outcome. Kawabata received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968 for all of his works.Īt an isolated mountain hot spring, with snow blanketing every surface, Shimamura, a wealthy dilettante meets Komako, a lowly geisha. I was completely drawn in by the storytelling, the images the author painted in my mind, and the sadness of what the author called “wasted effort.” This sad story was considered his masterpiece. The writing in this book is elegant in its simplicity and imagery. My first book read in 2023 was Snow Country, by Kawabata Yasunari.
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