To the singing oars,Jump the watery imp,Moon-lit skies wake,Tender palms aglow,Lonely hearts to split,Weeping willows below,Cages with open doors,Fireflies over the lake.On a nearby tree, the screeching became louder with every passing minute. I knew it then, it was already past midnight. The bats w...
according to goodreads statistics, みづうみ is read to only a tenth the degree of Kawabata's other works, and perhaps justifiably so. if Kawabata's masterpieces are "works one must read before one dies," it's possible to go through life without ever reading Mizuumi, but why? a classic Kawabata in that e...
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