{"product_id":"the-sound-of-the-mountain-paperback","title":"The Sound of the Mountain - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYasunari Kawabata\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata's \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautiful rendering of the predicament of old age -- the gradual, reluctant narrowing of a human life, along with the sudden upsurges of passion that illuminate its closing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By day Ogata Shingo, an elderly Tokyo businessman, is troubled by small failures of memory. At night he associates the distant rumble he hears from the nearby mountain with the sounds of death. In between are the complex relationships that were once the foundations of Shingo's life: his trying wife; his philandering son; and his beautiful daughter-in-law, who inspires in him both pity and the stirrings of desire. Out of this translucent web of attachments, Kawabata has crafted a novel that is a powerful, serenely observed meditation on the relentless march of time.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy day Ogata Shingo is troubled by small failures of memory. At night he hears a distant rumble from the nearby mountain, a sound he associates with death. In between are the relationships that were once the foundation of Shingo's life: with his disappointing wife, his philandering son, and his daughter-in-law Kikuko, who instills in him both pity and uneasy stirrings of sexual desire. Out of this translucent web of attachments - and the tiny shifts of loyalty and affection that threaten to sever it irreparably - Kawabata creates a novel that is at once serenely observed and enormously affecting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYasunari Kawabata\u003c\/b\u003e was 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 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8.06 x 5.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756903170336,"sku":"9780679762645","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/41ddc231f2a61ba30c22d918c4547d37.webp?v=1780088841","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-sound-of-the-mountain-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}