Comments on: Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata

By: Orbis Terrarum Wrap-up | Books of Mee

Orbis Terrarum Wrap-up | Books of Mee — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:04:15 +0000

[...] Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata (finished 03/09, rating 3/5) Snakes and Earrings by Hitomi Kanehara (finished 08/09, rating 3/5) [...]

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Yasunari Kawabata, Snöns rike « Vind — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:19:16 +0000

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Sunday Salon: Events Galore! | Books of Mee — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:53:08 +0000

[...] also hosted by Tanabata. It starts with Old Capital by Yasunari Kawabata, but since I read Snow Country by Kawabata earlier this year and didn’t love it, I decided to pass. The second book is The Professor and [...]

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Lost in Translation Challenge | Books of Mee — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:30:49 +0000

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By: mee

mee — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 09:50:43 +0000

Don’t you think it’s a bit too late to have that human significance? In any ways I didn’t catch how Shimamura changed at all in the end. It is probably a good book for literature study, because of all the symbols and subtleties, but I don’t think it has enough to be an entertaining read. I guess I just didn’t really get it.

By: chashibu

chashibu — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:01:46 +0000

I actually think that the ending of the novel – in which Shimamura is disconcerted and upset by Komako’s physical presence, and then knocked on the head by what was initially a symbol of his aesthetic appreciation (the Milky Way) is a validation, not a negation, of human significance. No coincidence that amongst all that ice and snow, the book ends with the heat of a fire!

By: Orbis Terrarum Challenge 2009 | Books of Mee

Orbis Terrarum Challenge 2009 | Books of Mee — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:37:07 +0000

[...] rating 4/5) 2) The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman (born in Sweden) (finished 03/09, rating 5/5) 3) Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata (Japan) (finished 03/09, rating [...]

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Book Awards Challenge II | Books of Mee — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:34:53 +0000

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By: mee

mee — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:20:46 +0000

True, but for me it’s probably more of the language rather than the characters/setting. Or the way it is written to be exact.

By: Eva

Eva — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:34:24 +0000

I agree with your take on the whole ‘love story’ thing. And this one definitely felt cold…it didn’t stir up any of my emotions, except for the almost-date-rape scene. Personally, I find it much easier to relate to late-twentieth-century Japanese authors than early-twentieth-century.