Sound of Waves
by:
Yukio Mishima (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780425028254 (0425028259)
Publish date: September 1st 1971
Publisher: Berkley Pub Group (Mm)
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Cultural,
Romance,
Literary Fiction,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
Japan,
Japanese Literature
Like most of the Japanese fiction that I have read this is delicate and precise. As such you have to read it slowly and absorb it carefully.It is really a very simple love story and basically a novella rather than a novel, at least in form if not technically. The characterization is extremely wel...
Very nice. Maybe "YA" just means universally relatable themes. Love, relationship with nature, the importance of patience and listening. I liked this.
A sweet and simple love story, emphasis on the word simple. It was a nice read, but I was expecting a bit more, taking into account that Mishima was considered Japan's Steinbeck. I was also a bit disappointed that he spend more time elaborating about Shinji's time on the boat instead of the pearl di...
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