A house at the bottom of a lake 118 pages largepdf. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 160 pages and is available in paperback format. The lake is a short 1954 novel by the japanese writer yasunari kawabata. The novel opens in a bathhouse, while gimpei is receiving a. This book tells the story of a former schoolteacher named gimpei momoi plot. This story of a stalker is a unique work by the first japanese nobel prize winner for literature. This book tells the story of a former schoolteacher named gimpei momoi.
Discover book depositorys huge selection of yasunari kawabata books online. Just because a house is empty, doesnt mean nobodys home. Pdf the old capital book by yasunari kawabata free. Snow country is the first fulllength novel by the nobel prizewinning japanese author yasunari kawabata. Geomorphology of lakecatchment systems a new perspective. The novel established kawabata as one of japans foremost authors and became an. One summer, along about 1904, my father rented a camp on a lake in maine and took us all there for the month of august. Yasunari kawabata is often seen in the west as one of the quintessential modern japanese writers. Free download or read online the old capital pdf epub book. The lake pdf download by e yasunari kawabata reiko. Selection of key japanese classics novels and short stories written by the following authors.
The first edition of the novel was published in 1962, and was written by yasunari kawabata. Kazuya kawabata simple english wikipedia, the free. Lafcadio hearn, ichiyo higuchi, kyoka izumi, natsume soseki, yukio mishima, kafu nagai, osamu dazai, ryunosuke akutagawa, junichiro tanizaki, yasunari kawabata, fumiko enchi, and yasushi inoue. In 1968 he became the first japanese author to be awarded the nobel prize in.
The lake is the second book of nobel laureate kawabata that i have read. This story of a stalker is a unique work by the first japanese nobel priz. The lake dips into all kinds of mystery and memory, and as usual, kawabata leaves much unexplained. He takes the train through the snow to the mountains of the west coast of japan, to meet with a geisha he believe. Unlike the house of the sleeping beauties and other stories, which i thought to be a remarkable text particularly the title story, the lake came across as a frustrating work in terms of style.
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