The Sound of the Mountain
Ogata Shingo is growing old, and his memory is failing him. At night he hears only the sound of death in the distant rumble from the mountain. The relationships which have previously defined his life - with his son, his wife, and his attractive daughter-in-law - are dissolving, and Shingo is...
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Ogata Shingo is growing old, and his memory is failing him. At night he hears only the sound of death in the distant rumble from the mountain. The relationships which have previously defined his life - with his son, his wife, and his attractive daughter-in-law - are dissolving, and Shingo is caught between love and destruction. Lyrical and precise, The Sound of the Mountain explores in immaculately crafted prose the changing roles of love and the truth we face in ageing.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780679762645 (0679762647)
Publish date: May 28th 1996
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 276
Edition language: Japanese
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Literary Fiction,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
Japan,
Nobel Prize,
Japanese Literature
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Note on the Pronunciation of Japanese names--The Sound of the Mountain
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