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The Sound of Waves - Yukio Mishima, Meredith Weatherby
The Sound of Waves
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780099289982 (0099289989)
Publisher: Vintage Classics
Pages no: 183
Edition language: Japanese
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Julian Meynell's Books
Julian Meynell's Books rated it
3.5 Mishima's The Sound of Waves
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...
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the terror of whatever
the terror of whatever rated it
3.0
Very nice. Maybe "YA" just means universally relatable themes. Love, relationship with nature, the importance of patience and listening. I liked this.
kerry
kerry rated it
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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