Dancing Girl of Izu

Author: (Japanese) Yasunari Kawabata
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The Dancing Girl of Izu is the breakthrough work of Yasunari Kawabata. The story tells a classic Japanese love tale, serene and elegant yet imbued with the profound flavors of life. A 20-year-old university student encounters a poor singing dancer while traveling alone to Izu. Over several days of traveling together, the beautiful, cultured, and tragically fated dancer deeply moves the heart of the young man. The work vividly portrays the lingering emotions between men and women in moments of parting and reunion, depicting a harmonious ideal realm. It intertwines the green mountains and clear waters of the Izu region with the innocent love between young men and girls, guiding readers into a ethereal and slightly melancholic world of aesthetic beauty.