Kawabata Yasunari's Ten-Volume Set (Complete Ten Volumes)

Author: Kawabata Yasunari
Publisher:
Publication Date: 2000-12-01
Features: The main features of this collection are:
⑴ Within the scope of ten volumes, it strives to systematically reflect Kawabata Yasunari's creative tendencies in different periods, such as: certain short stories with a sense of new sensationism from his period of involvement in the "New Sensationism" movement, as well as Spring Scenery and Hot Spring Inn; and the comprehensive inheritance of Buddhist philosophy, particularly the concept of reincarnation, in works like Lyrical Meditations, as well as Snow Country, Thousand Cranes, and Koto in the fusion of Eastern and Western cultures. This demonstrates how Kawabata oscillated between these two extreme tendencies, developing a critical impulse and conscious awareness toward both traditional and Western literature, meticulously organizing his literary creative thoughts, and ultimately creating the beauty of Kawabata literature and the beauty of Eastern literature.
⑵ It selectively includes a group of works that have never been published in China but hold significant positions in Kawabata's literary world, such as the novels Asakusa Red Circle, Beauty and Sorrow, Sun and Moon, and Dandelion. These works provide readers with a more intimate and broader perspective to glimpse the entirety of Kawabata's literature.
⑶ It makes every effort to cover various literary genres, in addition to long and short stories, it also selects and compiles short stories, essays, and creative. Many of Kawabata's novels were originally published as .