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The sound of the mountain

by Yasunari Kawabata, Edward Seidensticker

Set in a Tokyo suburb, this novel explores the anxieties of Shingo, an elderly man who hears a foreboding rumble from a nearby mountain. Amidst a growing sense of mortality, he navigates tense family relationships and his affection for his daughter-in-law.

Accession 23939 ISBN 0140037357 Publisher Penguin
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