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(0)Yasunari Kawabata
1) Snow country
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With the brushstroke suggestiveness and astonishing grasp of motive that won him the Nobel Prize for Literature, Yasunari Kawabata tells a story of wasted love set amid the desolate beauty of western Japan, the snowiest region on earth. It is there, at an isolated mountain hotspring, that the wealthy sophisticate Shimamura meets the geisha Komako, who gives herself to him without regrets, knowing that their passion cannot last. Shimamura is a dilettante...
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"Go is a game of strategy in which two players attempt to surround each other's black or white stones. Simple in its fundamentals, infinitely complex in its execution, Go is an essential expression of the Japanese spirit. And in his fictional chronicle of a match played between a revered and heretofore invincible Master and a younger, more modern challenger, Yasunari Kawabata captured the moment in which the immutable traditions of imperial Japan...
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"Contains the work of the Nobel laureates plus critical biographies, presentation speeches, acceptance speeches, and discussion of the rationale for the selections, plus woodblock portraits of the authors. Also included are the original publisher's booklets, letters, and advertisements. "Nobel Prize Library", published under the sponsorship of the Nobel Foundation & the Swedish Academy."--Amazon.com.