{"product_id":"the-sound-of-the-mountain-9780679762645","title":"The Sound of the Mountain","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Nobel Prize-winning writer and acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eSnow Country\u003c\/i\u003e comes a beautiful rendering of the predicament of old age--about an elderly Tokyo businessman who must face the failures of his memory and the sudden upsurges of passion that illuminate the end of a life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A rich, complicated novel.... Of all modern Japanese fiction, Kawabata's is the closest to poetry.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy day Ogata Shingo, an elderly Tokyo businessman, is troubled by small failures of memory. At night he associates the distant rumble he hears from the nearby mountain with the sounds of death. In between are the complex relationships that were once the foundations of Shingo's life: his trying wife; his philandering son; and his beautiful daughter-in-law, who inspires in him both pity and the stirrings of desire. Out of this translucent web of attachments, Kawabata has crafted a novel that is a powerful, serenely observed meditation on the relentless march of time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslated from the Japanese by Edward G. Seidensticker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yasunari Kawabata\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.26w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679762645\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYASUNARI KAWABATA was born in Osaka in 1899. In 1968 he became the first Japanese writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. One of Japan's most distinguished novelists, he published his first stories while he was still in high school, graduating from Tokyo Imperial University in 1924. His short story \"The Izu Dancer,\" first published in 1925, appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e in 1955. Kawabata authored numerous novels, including \u003ci\u003eSnow Country\u003c\/i\u003e (1956), which cemented his reputation as one of the preeminent voices of his time, as well as \u003ci\u003eThousand Cranes\u003c\/i\u003e (1959), \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e (1970), \u003ci\u003eThe Master of Go\u003c\/i\u003e (1972), and \u003ci\u003eBeauty and Sadness\u003c\/i\u003e (1975). He served as the chairman of the P.E.N. Club of Japan for several years and in 1959 he was awarded the Goethe-medal in Frankfurt. Kawabata died in 1972.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Yasunari Kawabata \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47566710735005,"sku":"9780679762645","price":29.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_2a6080bc-3deb-41c2-b98b-9110f7a201a0.jpg?v=1768315450","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-sound-of-the-mountain-9780679762645","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}