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First Snow on Fuji by Yasunari Kawabata
4.0
A very enjoyable collection of stories. I took my time reading this, a very hard to find book here in the UK so I had to source it from the USA.
Although I prefer the Palm of The Hand Stories collection of short stories, I liked how these ones were in general more meaty, in that I mean they were longer and I could dip in and out better. Didn’t feel like a race to read a page long story.
On the whole I enjoyed the book, the only bit I didn’t enjoy because it is not cup of tea was the final script The Boat Women, I didn’t really absorb that one.
On the whole a good read, I have rated it 4 but would actually rated 3.5/5. Nothing superb or outstanding but nice to have read it for the sake of completeness.
Individual ratings for the stories
This Country, That Country: 3
A Row of Trees: 3
Nature: 4
Chrysanthemum in The Rock: 3
First Snow On Fuji: 4.5
Slence: 3
Her Husband Didn’t: 3
Yumiura: 3
The Boat Women: 2
Although I prefer the Palm of The Hand Stories collection of short stories, I liked how these ones were in general more meaty, in that I mean they were longer and I could dip in and out better. Didn’t feel like a race to read a page long story.
On the whole I enjoyed the book, the only bit I didn’t enjoy because it is not cup of tea was the final script The Boat Women, I didn’t really absorb that one.
On the whole a good read, I have rated it 4 but would actually rated 3.5/5. Nothing superb or outstanding but nice to have read it for the sake of completeness.
Individual ratings for the stories
This Country, That Country: 3
A Row of Trees: 3
Nature: 4
Chrysanthemum in The Rock: 3
First Snow On Fuji: 4.5
Slence: 3
Her Husband Didn’t: 3
Yumiura: 3
The Boat Women: 2