PENGUIN Dandelions

Entrega rápida. Livro em óptimo estado.

A book, to be read.

Dandelions is Yasunari Kawabata's Unfinished Symphony, but like his Schubertian counterpoint, There is, to me, a circle rounded, a completion even after its serialized sections interrupted by his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, the first such award given to a non-Western writer, and his subsequent suicide, a few years later in 1972.Ineko is a young woman afflicted with a rare mental affliction, somagnosia, in which the afflicted can suddenly no longer see one beloved by them. Her fiancee and her mother begin the novel as they've just checked her into a clinic, the fiancee reluctant, thining he can cure her with the purity and strength of his love for her, Mother more afraid, more cautious. Dandelions is their colloquy as they set out for the train home, only to be unable to leave without at least seeing her, if not releasing her, the next morning. Kuno and Mother settle in and talk through the night, the tolling temple bells at the asylum, at least once rang, therapeutically, by the new inmate,Ineko. The sound of the bells, the birds, the dandelions, all interweave with their reminiscences, their theories, their dreads.Michael Emmerich, the splendid translator, makes note of Kawabata's method, his output, each of his works being serialized over a period of years, sometimes interrupted. The Sound of the Mountain, for instance, has different titles for each chapter, and each could stand alone as a great short story. Then, for publication of the whole additional material is added, as well as deep revision, like Brahms, endlessly honing and distilling the text.Kawabata's last words, perfect.

his last and unfinished book. but so complete, profound, touching and human.

arrived on time and in very good conditions.