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.
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Author Yasunari Kawabata Published by Penguin Classics ISBN 9780241367186 EAN 9780241367186 Bic Code Cover Paperback
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