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01.Apr.2009 Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata

“It was, with no attempt at covering itself, the naked heart of a woman calling out to her man.” ~p34 Snow Country is a literal translation of the Japanese title Yukiguni (雪国, read ゆきぐに). The name comes from where the story takes place, rural Japan that receives a huge amount of snow in the winter. Snow [...]