Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata #joyce author and forefather of the

author and forefather of the fantasy genre

Publication: 1 Sept 2026

and The Burning God—a complete epic inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic

and - nearly - a murder

Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata #joyce author and forefather of theA tale of wasted love, and beauty, by Japan's literary masterShimamura is tired of the bustling city. He takes the train through the snow to the mountains of the west coast of Japan, to meet with a geisha he believes he loves. Beautiful and innocent, Komako is tightly bound by the rules of a rural geisha, and lives a life of servitude and seclusion that is alien to Shimamura. Snow Country is both delicate and subtle, reflecting in Kawabata's exact,