The Lake by Yasunari Kawabata, translated by Reiko Tsukimura [in AsianWeek]
An oddly compelling novella about a lonely man who never quite gets the girl – any girl – but is unwilling to give up trying. Indeed, few writers can do isolation quite like Kawabata, the Nobel-Prize-winning author best known for his lyrical Snow Country.
Review: “New and Notable Books,” AsianWeek, October 8, 2004
Readers: Adult
Published: 2004 (paperback reprint)
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