Thousand cranes
A young man is involved briefly with the two mistresses of his dead father and with the daughter of one of them. In these limited relationships, the limitless human capacity for inertia and illusion is suggested and the infinite strange combinations of human joy and suffering.
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- Full title :Thousand cranes / Yasunari Kawabata ; translated from the Japanese by Edward G. Seidensticker.
Summary
A young man is involved briefly with the two mistresses of his dead father and with the daughter of one of them. In these limited relationships, the limitless human capacity for inertia and illusion is suggested and the infinite strange combinations of human joy and suffering.
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- Publication Date:[1981], ©1959.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Perigee Books
- Place of Publication:New York, N.Y
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:[1981], ©1959.
Notes
Translation of Senbazuru.
Originally published by Knopf, New York.
The Physical Object
- Description:vi, 147 pages : : illustrations ; : 20 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0399505261, 9780399505263, 0679762655, 9780679762652
- oclc:ocm07007395
- LC Classification:PL832.A9
- Dewey Decimal:895.6/34
Table of Contents
Thousand cranes -- The grove in the evening sun -- Figured Shino -- Her mother's lipstick -- Double star.
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