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⚡️Book Title : Thousand Cranes
⚡Book Author : Yasunari Kawabata
⚡Page : 147 pages
⚡Published 1996 by Vintage (first published 1952)
Thousand Cranes - An alternate cover of this ISBN can be found here. Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabatas Thousand Cranes is a luminous story of desire, regret, and the almost sensual nostalgia that binds the living to the dead. While attending a traditional tea ceremony in the aftermath of his parents deaths, Kikuji encounters his fathers former mistress, Mrs. Ota. At first Kikuji is appalled by her indelicate nature, but it is not long before he succumbs to passiona passion with tragic and unforeseen consequences, not just for the two lovers, but also for Mrs. Otas daughter, to whom Kikujis attachments soon extend. Death, jealousy, and attraction convene around the delicate art of the tea ceremony, where every gesture is imbued with profound meaning.
Thousand Cranes
An alternate cover of this ISBN can be found here. Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabatas Thousand Cranes is a luminous story of desire, regret, and the almost sensual nostalgia that binds the living to the dead. While attending a traditional tea ceremony in the aftermath of his parents deaths, Kikuji encounters his fathers former mistress, Mrs. Ota. At first Kikuji is appalled by her indelicate nature, but it is not long before he succumbs to passiona passion with tragic and unforeseen consequences, not just for the two lovers, but also for Mrs. Otas daughter, to whom Kikujis attachments soon extend. Death, jealousy, and attraction convene around the delicate art of the tea ceremony, where every gesture is imbued with profound meaning.
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