Description
At middle age, Oki returns to Kyoto carrying regrets from a past affair that never truly settled. He finds Otoko—now a painter—living with a younger woman who has become her lover, and the reunion awakens old devotion while unsettling the fragile life they’ve built. Woven through scenes of art, memory, and intimate longing, the novel explores how desire can outlast time, and how beauty can coexist with the ache of what cannot be recovered. With Kawabata’s signature lyrical restraint and haunting sensitivity, this story turns nostalgia into a quiet tragedy, illuminating love’s lingering shadows and the bittersweet cost of remembrance.
Available Editions
paperback
Vintage
Published Feb 20, 2013
230 pages
ISBN: 9780307833631
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Details
First Published
2013
Language
eng
Translation
From: jpn
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Beauty and Sadness by Yasunari Kawabata.