Snow Country richards a private island cut off

a private island cut off by the wind…and a murder

all of which have opened the doors to a world of learned interlocutors and richly furnished salons

the game becomes her refuge—and her entire world

It’s 1959

the charismatic financier whose charm turned to betrayal

Snow Country richards a private island cut offNobel Prize recipient Yasunari Kawabata's Snow Country is widely considered to be the writer's masterpiece, a powerful tale of wasted love set amid the desolate beauty of western Japan. At an isolated mountain hot spring, with snow blanketing every surface, Shimamura, a wealthy dilettante meets Komako, a lowly geisha. She gives herself to him fully and without remorse, despite knowing that their passion cannot last and that the affair can have only