Kawabata Yasunari and Eastern Classics

Author: Zhang Shizhu
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: This book is a monograph on the life and works of Yasunari Kawabata. Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972) was a renowned Japanese novelist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968. Although he was influenced by Western modern culture, his roots were in the East. Kawabata lost both his parents in childhood and lived with his grandfather, who deeply influenced him with knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine and the I Ching. As a result, Kawabata's works reflect the Eastern mindset regarding life and death, existence and non-existence, yin and yang, and Buddha and demons, while also revealing the aesthetic qualities of light, shadow, and color unique to the Japanese people. His works also incorporate Western techniques such as stream of consciousness and psychoanalysis. This book focuses on the study and analysis of the influence of Eastern classical spirit on Yasunari Kawabata's creative works.