![]() ![]() ![]() "This is very much a Japanese novel, and some of the nuances may well be lost on people who do not know the Japanese scene and do not fully understand the nature of Japanese social and family relationships.If you grab at it, or rush at it, the whole thing crumples, and you are left with nothing but a host of proper names ending in "O" or "A", and a guilty feeling that meanings have been missed." - David Williams, The Times ![]() "The book is remote, elusive, full of customs, thought-patterns and folk-memories that are totally alien to us.(.) This is a brief, spacious book full of episodes and objects that invite the reader's attention" - Mary Conroy, Sunday Times " The Sound of the Mountain is beautiful.The Sound of the Mountain was made into a film in 1954, directed by Naruse Mikioī+ : powerful quiet book dated translation.General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the author Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs. The Sound of the Mountain - Kawabata Yasunari ![]()
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