The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter by Yasunari Kawabata

The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter

Yasunari Kawabata

15 minutes first pub 1998 (editions) user-added

fiction classics adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced
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Preface by Donald KeeneTaketori Monogatari, The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter is the oldest surviving Japanese work of fiction; The Tale of Genji (written about 1010) referred to it as the "ancestor of all romances." The names of five suitors, resembl...

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