Yasunari Kawabata,Edward G. Seidensticker
An alternate cover of this ISBN can be found ,here,.,Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabataâ€™s ,Thousand Cranes, is a luminous story of desire, regret, and the almost sensual nostalgia that binds the living to the dead., Â , While attending a traditional tea ceremony in the aftermath of his parentsâ€™ deaths, Kikuji encounters his fatherâ€™s former mistress, Mrs. Ota. At first Kikuji is appalled by her indelicate nature, but it is not long before he succumbs to passionâ€”a passion with tragic and unforeseen consequences, not just for the two lovers, but also for Mrs. Otaâ€™s daughter, to whom Kikujiâ€™s attachments soon extend. Death, jealousy, and attraction convene around the delicate art of the tea ceremony, where every gesture is imbued with profound meaning.
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Thousand Cranes