“The old man had heard of a house where one could sleep beside a beautiful, drugged young girl, but he had never been there himself.” Chapter 1: The […]
Japanese literature
The Sound of the Mountain
“Old age was a soundless place. The sound of the mountain was the sound of his own heart.” Chapter 1: The Sound of the Mountain Shingo Ogata, an […]
Japanese literature
The Master of Go
“The game of Go is a contest in which the players attack and defend by turns, and the one who makes the last good move wins.” The Master […]
Japanese literature
Thousand Cranes
“The white in the morning glories was like the white in the thousand cranes.” Chapter 1: The Tea Ceremony The novel opens with Kikuji Mitani attending a tea […]
Japanese literature
Snow Country
“The train came out of the long tunnel into the snow country.” Chapter 1 Shimamura, a wealthy Tokyo dilettante, travels by train to a remote hot-spring town in […]