英文版 雪国 Snow Country（川端康成）

图书标准信息

• 作者 Yasunari Kawabata 著
• 出版社 Random House US
• 出版时间 1984-12
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780679761044
• 定价 112.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 192页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Vintage International

【内容简介】

NobelPrizewinnerYasunariKawabata’sSnowCountryiswidelyconsideredtobethewriter’smasterpiece:apowerfultaleofwastedlovesetamidthedesolatebeautyofwesternJapan.

Atanisolatedmountainhotspring,withsnowblanketingeverysurface,Shimamura,awealthydilettantemeetsKomako,alowlygeisha.Shegivesherselftohimfullyandwithoutremorse,despiteknowingthattheirpassioncannotlastandthattheaffaircanhaveonlyoneoutcome.Inchroniclingthecourseofthisdoomedromance,Kawabatahascreatedastoryfortheages—astunningnoveldenseinimplicationandexaltinginitssadness.,

【作者简介】

YasunariKawabatawasborninOsakain1899.In1968hebecamethefirstJapanesewritertoreceivetheNobelPrizeforLiterature.OneofJapan’smostdistinguishednovelists,hepublishedhisfirststorieswhilehewasstillinhighschool,graduatingfromTokyoImperialUniversityin1924.Hisshortstory“TheIzuDancer,”firstpublishedin1925,appearedinTheAtlanticMonthlyin1955.Kawabataauthorednumerousnovels,includingSnowCountry(1956),whichcementedhisreputationasoneofthepreeminentvoicesofhistime,aswellasThousandCranes(1959),TheSoundoftheMountain(1970),TheMasterofGo(1972),andBeautyandSadness(1975).HeservedasthechairmanoftheP.E.N.ClubofJapanforseveralyearsandin1959hewasawardedtheGoethe-medalinFrankfurt.Kawabatadiedin1972.