{"product_id":"beauty-and-sadness-paperback","title":"Beauty and Sadness - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYasunari Kawabata\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOBEL PRIZE WINNER - The successful writer Oki has reached middle age and is filled with regrets. He returns to Kyoto to find Otoko, a young woman with whom he had a terrible affair many years before. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Endlessly provocative and original.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOtoko is now a painter, living with a younger woman as her lover. Otoko has continued to love Oki and has never forgotten him, but his return unsettles not only her but also her young lover. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a work of strange beauty, with a tender touch of nostalgia and a heartbreaking sensitivity to those things lost forever.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYasunari Kawabata \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Osaka in 1899. In 1968 he became the first Japanese writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. One of Japan's most distinguished novelists, he published his first stories while he was still in high school, graduating from Tokyo Imperial University in 1924. His short story \"The Izu Dancer,\" first published in 1925, appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e in 1955. Kawabata authored numerous novels, including \u003ci\u003eSnow Country\u003c\/i\u003e (1956), which cemented his reputation as one of the preeminent voices of his time, as well as \u003ci\u003eThousand Cranes\u003c\/i\u003e (1959), \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e (1970), \u003ci\u003eThe Master of Go\u003c\/i\u003e (1972), and \u003ci\u003eBeauty and Sadness\u003c\/i\u003e (1975). He served as the chairman of the P.E.N. Club of Japan for several years and in 1959 he was awarded the Goethe Medal in Frankfurt. Kawabata died in 1972.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 30, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758695579936,"sku":"9780679761051","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7812a90cc965a013a751e53d2d13a445.webp?v=1780132943","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/beauty-and-sadness-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}