Snow Country

Experience the tragic beauty of Japan's snowy western landscape with Nobel Prize recipient Yasunari Kawabata's masterpiece, Snow Country. Follow the story of Shimamura, a wealthy dilettante, and Komako, a lowly geisha, as they indulge in a passionate but doomed affair at an isolated mountain hot spring. Kawabata's writing is dense with implication and exalting in its sadness, creating a powerful tale of wasted love that will stay with you long after you finish reading.