A Thousand Cranes - (Famous Authors' Famous Translations) - Color Illustrations Edition

Author: (Japanese) Kawabata Yasunari
Translator: Ye Weiqiu, Tang Yuemei
Country: Japan
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: Works such as The Thousand Cranes, Snow Country, Koto, and Dancing Girl are the outstanding and most famous works of the renowned Japanese writer Kawabata Yasunari. In 1968, Kawabata Yasunari won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his three masterpieces: Snow Country, Koto, and The Thousand Cranes. The artistic techniques and aesthetic pursuits in these works represent the highest achievement of Kawabata literature and are hailed as the "pinnacle of lyrical literature in the history of modern Japanese literature." Since their publication, these works have been translated into multiple languages and published worldwide, earning great popularity among readers. Kawabata Yasunari is a master of modern Japanese literature and also Japan's only Nobel Prize laureate. The Swedish Academy praised him as "capturing the essence of the Japanese soul through his exceptional sensibility and novelistic techniques." Many of his works have been adapted into films and have been beloved by audiences. The film adaptation of his Dancing Girl, based on his renowned work of the same name, was produced five times during his lifetime, demonstrating the enduring power of his novel.