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A Thousand Cranes (Paperback)

by Yasunari Kawabata (Author)
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  • Paperback: 147 pages
  • Publisher: Random House USA Paperbacks; 1st Vintage International Ed edition (Dec 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0679762655
  • ISBN-13: 978-0679762652
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 98,293 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Less is more, 8 May 1997
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Snow Country and Thousand Cranes exemplify Kawabata's mastery of the subtle and not-so-subtle nuances of human psychology. Yet what amazes is his almost Haiku-like precision and pithy brevity. For me, each sentence exploded off the page. When I returned to the first paragraphs of Thousand Cranes I was amazed to see that these few spare sentences somehow contained, or rather encoded like DNA, the whole essence of the novel.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing look at family ties, 21 Jun 1998
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Kawabata's novel gives amazing insight into the Japanese traditions of family ancestors, as well as insight for anyone who has felt tied to their parents. Kikuji's struggle to find himself and his independence from the memory of his father signify the struggles of youth at the death of a parent in modern times. Brilliantly executed, it is quite possibly one of the best novels to ever come from Japan.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Similar in mood to Kawabata's Snow Country, but not as good, 11 Jan 2007
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Similar in mood and approach to Kawabata's exquisite Snow Country, this one just isn't as engaging. As with Snow Country, it's more about mood and asociation of ideas and images than plot and cause-and-effect, but here it's hard to feel much of anything for the characters or events. Whereas Snow Country trembles with unexpressed emotion, this book just seems empty. Kawabata's short story The Izu Dancer is similar again, and whilst not as good as Snow Comutry, is also better than A Thousand Cranes.
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