Spring Snow
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099282990 (0099282992)
Publish date: March 11th 2000
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 396
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
20th Century,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
Japan,
Japanese Literature
Series: The Sea of Fertility (#1)
bookshelves: spring-2015, japan, historical-fiction, tokyo, tragedy, published-1965 Read from March 30 to 31, 2015 Description: Tokyo, 1912. The closed world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders - rich provincial families, a new and powerful political and ...
***PLEASE DO NOT REBLOG*** bookshelves: spring-2015, japan, historical-fiction, tokyo, tragedy, published-1965 Read from March 30 to 31, 2015 Description: Tokyo, 1912. The closed world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders - rich provincial families, a n...
‘Spring Snow’ for me was one of the toughest read. Mishima’s writing is insightful ,deep and dark at the same time it is hard to understand or analyze easily. His writing describes the very essence of Japanese culture. He has weaved this tragic love story with a touch of deep philosophy. The story i...
This is a subtle, intelligent, sensitive, perceptive book. But it's also a little boring.It has some spectacular moments! Tadeshina is a terrific character in the mold of the nurse from Romeo & Juliet, and her makeup is probably the best character in the book. And there's a scene involving Kiyoaki's...
Re-read: I tried.First read: Abandoned. Some nice sentences, but slower than a snowflake.(I was just told I didn't give this a chance, so I'm going back at some point :D)
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