tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283756055019088794.post8996107959805908294..comments2023-05-08T11:17:36.811-04:00Comments on Book Awards Reading Challenge: 'Snow Country' - Yasunari Kawabata1morechapterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04919728304715220778noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283756055019088794.post-65211281177437508662007-12-24T00:30:00.000-05:002007-12-24T00:30:00.000-05:00I read Snow Country a couple of years ago and had ...I read Snow Country a couple of years ago and had the same sense of missing much of the meaning because of the translation. There are many references, familiar to Japanese readers, taken from the haiku of Matsuo Basho which, in turn, rely on cultural symbols foreign to Westerners. Just the few that I was able to work out really extended my appreciation of Kawabata's work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com