Snow Country
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Snow Country is a classic Japanese novel by Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata, renowned for its lyrical portrayal of a doomed love affair set against the stark beauty of a remote hot-spring town.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptation | Snow Country (1957 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| adaptationType | film ⓘ |
| author | Yasunari Kawabata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNobelPrizeInLiteratureYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| containsElement |
nature description
ⓘ
psychological introspection ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle | Snow Country NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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modernist literature ⓘ romantic fiction ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | yes ⓘ |
| hasISBNForCommonEdition | 9780679761044 ⓘ |
| hasNobelLaureateAuthor | true ⓘ |
| hasSubject | geisha ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Japanese aesthetic concept of mono no aware ⓘ |
| isConsideredClassic | yes ⓘ |
| isMajorWorkOf | Yasunari Kawabata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStyle | sparse and poetic ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Shōwa period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | landmark of 20th-century Japanese literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
class differences
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doomed love affair ⓘ ephemeral beauty ⓘ isolation ⓘ |
| motif |
geisha life
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hot springs ⓘ snow ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | lyrical prose ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Komako
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Shimamura NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| publicationForm | serialized ⓘ |
| publisherInBookForm | Shinchōsha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | remote hot-spring town ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | revised and expanded from earlier serializations ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 20th century Japan ⓘ |
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