Beauty and Sadness Condition:Well Read Prose stretches a bit

Prose stretches a bit

this book is a landmark work of fiction from one of Britain's truly great writers

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And the clouds float by

Beauty and Sadness Condition:Well Read Prose stretches a bitBeauty and Sadness (Japanese: Utsukushisa to kanashimi to) is a 1964 novel by Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata. Opening on the train to Kyoto, the narrative, in characteristic Kawabata fashion, subtly brings up issues of tradition and modernity as it explores writer Oki Toshio's reunion with a young lover from his past, Otoko Ueno, who is now a famous artist and recluse. Ueno is now living with her protege and a jealous lover, Keiko Sakami, and the