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| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.75 (986 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0711210640 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A man and his country at the crossroads of life and death and death and life." according to Tony Covatta. While I much prefer Kawabata's Snow Country, I found The Sound of the Mountain a very worthwhile read as well. Kawabata is a master of the delicate detail, the telling nuance. This novel works on a number of levels.Most basically, it is the tale of Ogata Shingo, an aging businessman, slowly losing his faculties and descending into old age and decrepitude. He is not there yet, as he struggles to deal with his scrappy, common sensical wife, his depressed and quietly rebellious son Shuichi, his divorced and unhappy daughter Fasuko and her bratty daughter Satoko, and on the other end of the spectrum, his beautiful, dutiful, ha. Riley Azondda said A great read, had me wishing it was longer!. The sound of the mountain's title made me believe that the sound ( the main characters feeling of looming death of old age) would be a large section of the book but the show here gets stolen by the relationships that shingo the main character forms and changes.The growing closeness in between his son's wife and himself are what makes this story enjoyable to read about, this story is honest yet sweet. it's not overly dramatic in its events, and manages to still be a book that has you at the edge of your seat as to what happens next in this plethora of changing relationships. The book is great but those who like epic novels . "This book is sheer drudgery. Don't be taken in" according to Dr Funk. This book is sheer drudgery. Don't be taken in by the pretentious apologists! "Japanese literature is about atmosphere not action." This novel has the atmosphere of a turd in a hotbox.
In This Mountain by Jan Karon. New York : Viking, 2002.