The Sound of the Mountain
by 川端康成
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The anxieties and desires of an old man, Shingo, who lives with his family in a suburb of Tokyo, are shown. He hears "the sound of the mountain", the faint rumble in the hills that is a muffled hint of unknown occurrences and a foreboding of death. The affection he feels for his daughter-in-law, the increasing tensions of his relations with his wife, son and daughter are also muffled, yet disturbingly powerful.
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Fiction, Japan -- Fiction., Japan, fiction, Fiction, general, Old-age, Japanese, haiku, family, love, deathPlaces
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First Vintage international edition: June 1996.
This English translation first published by Knopf, New York, 1970.
Originaly published in Japan as 山の音 (Yama na Oto) by Chikuma Shobō (株式会社筑摩書房), Tokyo, 1954.
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