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Dandelions

Kawabata, Yasunari, 1899-19722019
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Ineko has lost the ability to see things. At first it was a ping-pong ball, then it was her fiancé. The doctors call it 'body blindness', and she is placed in a psychiatric clinic to recover. As Ineko's mother and fiancé walk along the riverbank after visiting time, they wonder: is her condition a form of madness - or an expression of love? Exploring the distance between us, and what we say without words, Kawabata's transcendent final novel is the last word from a master of Japanese literature.
Main title:
Dandelions / Yasunari Kawabata ; translated by Michael Emmerich.
Imprint:
London : Penguin Classics, 2019.
Collation:
144 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Translated from the Japanese.
ISBN:
9780241367186 (pbk)
Dewey class:
FICTION
Language:
EnglishJapanese
BRN:
2759994
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