Thousand Cranes
This is one of the most beautiful book covers I have ever had in my hands.
The book describes life in Japan in the late 1940s. The basis of the book is a tea ceremony - the process of preparing and drinking tea that is intertwined through the main action.
The main protagonist of the novel is 20-year-old Kikuji who, after the death of his parents, tries to live his life. Chikako, his father's mistress, interferes in his life and tries to marry Kikujia to Yukiko, a beautiful young woman wearing a kimono with cranes.
Kikuji begins a relationship with Ms. Ota, his father’s second mistress.
This beautiful work brings a touch of Japan and its culture into our everyday lives.
In the vase, which is passed down from generation to generation during three centuries, now was the flower that will fade until morning.
Yasunari Kawabata (川端 康成, 11 June 1899 - 16 April 1972) was a Japanese novelist and short story writer.
He was born in Osaka, Japan into a well-established family.
Yasunari was orphaned by the time he was four, after which he lived with his grandparents.
After graduating from junior high school in 1917, Kawabata moved to Tokyo, where he studied at Tokyo Imperial University. In 1921, he changed faculties to Japanese literature where he graduated in 1924.
He published his first short story, Shokonsai ikkei (A View from Yasukuni Festival) in the Tokyo University literary magazine Shin-shichō (New Tide of Thought) in 1921.
One of his most famous novels is Snow Country (Yukiguni), which was published in installments from 1935 through 1937.
In 1951 he wrote the book The Master of Go (Meijin).
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