Snow Country

Snow Country (雪国, Yukiguni?) is a full-length novel by the Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata. The novel established Kawabata as one of Japan's foremost authors and became an instant classic.

Read more about Snow Country:  Plot, Writing Process, Reception

Famous quotes containing the words snow and/or country:

    “Father,
    you died once,
    salted down at fifty-nine,
    packed down like a big snow angel,
    wasn’t that enough?”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.”
    —Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)