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.
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Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141192628Number of pages: 224Weight: 166 gDimensions: 197 x 130 x 12 mm
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Kawabata is a poet of the gentlest shades,of the evanescent,the imperceptibleA rich,complicated novel....Of all modern Japanese fiction,Kawabata's is the closest to poetry
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