{"product_id":"beauty-and-sadness-yasunari-kawabata-9780679761051","title":"Beauty and Sadness","description":"\u003cb\u003eNOBEL PRIZE WINNER - The successful writer Oki has reached middle age and is filled with regrets. He returns to Kyoto to find Otoko, a young woman with whom he had a terrible affair many years before. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Endlessly provocative and original.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOtoko is now a painter, living with a younger woman as her lover. Otoko has continued to love Oki and has never forgotten him, but his return unsettles not only her but also her young lover. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a work of strange beauty, with a tender touch of nostalgia and a heartbreaking sensitivity to those things lost forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yasunari Kawabata\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679761055\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679761051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Yasunari Kawabata","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990257172735,"sku":"9780679761051","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_689ed410-64d4-4caa-b201-cd3489c5b0d6.jpg?v=1683303849","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beauty-and-sadness-yasunari-kawabata-9780679761051","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}