Books by Yasunari Kawabata (12)


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El sonido de la montaña by Yasunari Kawabata ES

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
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Ogata Shingo envejece; pierde la memoria, confunde cosas. Los sueños comienzan a ocupar un lugar más importante; y en algunos de sueños, y también en sus vigilias, percibe un murmullo que confunde o no puede reconocer: ¿La montaña le está hablando? ¿Lo está llamando a aprender de su sabia eternidad? Su vida es de una serena tristeza; es capaz de percibir la belleza de los árboles, de los arreglos florales, del canto de los pájaros y de la delicadeza de su nuera, Kikuko. Al reflexionar sobre la vida de sus hijos, sie... continue

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Frumoasele adormite

Frumoasele adormite by Yasunari Kawabata RO

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
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Apărut în 1961, Frumoasele adormite este singurul roman al lui Yasunari Kawabata care explorează în mod explicit psihologia atracţiei sexuale. Casa frumoaselor adormite este un loc al plăcerilor crepusculare. La lăsarea întunericului, bărbaţii aflaţi la apusul vieţii vin să petreacă noaptea alături de tinere nevinovate cufundate într-un somn adânc, din care nici o sărutare, nici un gest violent nu le poate trezi. Pasivitatea lor e periculoasă, pentru că reprezintă o permanentă tentaţie de a depăşi limitele impuse, un îndemn pervers la agresiuni doar aparent fără consecinţe. Sunt aceste fete ju... continue

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La casa de las bellas durmientes by Yasunari Kawabata ES

Rating: 2.5 (2 votes)
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El jardín de las bellas durmientes (1961) es una de las novelas erótico-perversas de Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972), con el trasfondo de la vejez y la muerte. Aunque la historia es un poco perturbadora, la maravillosa prosa de Kawabata logra hacer grata su lectura.

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Lo bello y lo triste by Yasunari Kawabata ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
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En esta novela Oki Toshio, escritor maduro, quiere encontrar a Otoko, a quien sedujo de adolescente. Los personajes laterales actúan influidos por los protagonistas, aunque sorprenden con autonomía. Como en una obra de teatro, lucen los protagonistas, con los personajes secundarios en las sombras; pero la luz es caprichosa, y el protagonismo cambia entre los actores, mientras bajo las calmas aguas de una acuarela japonesa, se esconde amenazante la tragedia.

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Mil Grullas by Yasunari Kawabata ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
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"A Thousand Cranes" is by Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972), who was made the first Japanese Nobel laureate for literature in 1968.

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País de nieve by Yasunari Kawabata ES

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
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Shimamura regresa al Pais de nieve atraido por la belleza de la estacion y eltradicional estilo de vida. Pero vuelve especialmente por Komako, una jovenaprendiz de geisha que conocio en un viaje anterior. El es un hombre rico, demediana edad, que intenta escapar de un matrimonio sombrio y de su vida enTokio. Ella, una bellisima mujer vulnerable a sus propias emociones, que maduraante los ojos de su amante.El amor apasionado que Shimamura despiera en Komako le plantea un dilema: incapaz de corresponderlo, pero a la vez fascinado por su intensidad, optara porrepetir y prolongar su estadia en las... continue

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Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
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Widely considered a masterpiece from the Nobel Prize-winning author and acclaimed writer of Thousand Cranes: a powerful tale of wasted love set amid the desolate beauty of western Japan. • “Kawabata’s novels are among the most affecting and original works of our time.” —The New York Times Book Review At an isolated mountain hot spring, with snow blanketing every surface, Shimamura, a wealthy dilettante meets Komako, a lowly geisha. She gives herself to him fully and without remorse, despite knowing that their passion cannot last and that the affair can have only one outcome. In chronicling the... continue

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Ţara zăpezilor

Ţara zăpezilor by Yasunari Kawabata RO

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
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Țara zăpezilor este un roman clasic al literaturii japoneze moderne și a figurat printre cele trei opere citate de juriu în 1968, când lui Yasunari Kawabata i s-a decernat Premiul Nobel pentru literatură. Inițial o povestire publicată într-o revistă literară în 1935, romanul și-a căpătat forma definitivă abia în 1948. Shimamura are obiceiul de a se retrage iarna într-o micuță stațiune montană, lăsând în urmă agitația capitalei și viața de familie. Aici, în „țara zăpezilor“, o întâlnește pe tânăra gheișă Koma... continue

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The House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories by Yasunari Kawabata EN

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After the death of his wife, a man learns of a secret establishment where men can spend an entire night in bed alongside a beautiful woman who never awakens. Distressed about the reason for their deep sleep, he decides to explore the mystery of the sleeping beauties.

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The Old Capital by Yasunari Kawabata EN

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Whether this subtle and brooding novel deserves to rank alongside Snow Country and Thousand Cranes as one of Kawabata's major works is debatable, but it contains all the Nobel laureate's most striking characteristics - acute esthetic sensibility, preoccupation with the clash between old and new, pervasive melancholy and a story line suggestive of a Zen brush-and-ink painting where what is omitted is as important as what is included. Set in Kyoto, the Japanese city most symbolic of tradition, the story centers on a young woman, Chieko, who having been brought up to think her parents s... continue

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The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa by Yasunari Kawabata EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
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A new translation of the only work not currently available in English by a Nobel-Prize winning author and the best known Japanese writer outside of Japan.

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Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
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A luminous story of desire, regret, and the almost sensual nostalgia that binds the living to the dead—from the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner and author of Snow Country. "A stunning economy, delicacy of feeling, and a painter’s sensitivity to the visible world.” —The Atlantic While attending a traditional tea ceremony in the aftermath of his parents’ deaths, Kikuji encounters his father’s former mistress, Mrs. Ota. At first Kikuji is appalled by her indelicate nature, but it is not long before he succumbs to passion—a passion with tragic and unforeseen consequences, not just for the two lovers,... continue