{"product_id":"beauty-and-sadness-vintage-international","title":"Beauty and Sadness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaunted by the choices of his youth, the successful novelist Oki returns to Kyoto to see Otoko, the woman with whom he had a tragic love affair decades earlier. Now an accomplished painter living with her younger companion and lover, Otoko has built a life apart from the past, yet Oki's unexpected reappearance stirs long-buried emotions and sets in motion a quiet but devastating chain of events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElegant, restrained, and deeply moving, \u003cem\u003eBeauty and Sadness\u003c\/em\u003e explores memory, desire, jealousy, and the lingering consequences of love. With extraordinary subtlety, Yasunari Kawabata creates a novel of quiet emotional power, where longing and loss echo across generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYasunari Kawabata (1899–1972) was a Japanese novelist and the first Japanese writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Celebrated for his spare, lyrical prose and profound sensitivity to beauty, memory, and impermanence, he is the author of \u003cem\u003eSnow Country\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThousand Cranes\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Sound of the Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBeauty and Sadness\u003c\/em\u003e. His work remains central to modern Japanese literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVintage International\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJune 4, 1996\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e208\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubjects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClassics · Literary Fiction · Japanese Literature · Translated Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9780679761051\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45223019348150,"sku":"9780679761051","price":30.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9780679761051.jpg?v=1782569137","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/beauty-and-sadness-vintage-international","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}