The Sound of the Mountain (Vintage International)

by Yasunari Kawabata

Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator)

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Ogata Shingo is growing old, and his memory is failing him. At night he hears only the sound of death in the distant rumble from the mountain. The relationships which have previously defined his life - with his son, his wife, and his attractive daughter-in-law - are dissolving, and Shingo is caught between love and destruction. Lyrical and precise, The Sound of the Mountain explores in immaculately crafted prose the changing roles of love and the truth we face in ageing.
  • ISBN10 0141192623
  • ISBN13 9780141192628
  • Publish Date 6 January 2011 (first published 1 January 1971)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
  • Imprint Penguin Classics
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 224
  • Language English