Beauty and Sadness
By (author): "Howard Hibbett, Yasunari Kawabata"
Publish Date:
1964
ISBN0679761055
ISBN139780679761051
AsinBeauty and Sadness
CharactersToshio Oki, Otoko Ueno, Fumiko Oki, Keiko Sakami, Taichiro Oki
Original title???????? [Utsukushisa to kanashimi to]
Beauty and Sadness (Japanese: ???????? Utsukushisa to kanashimi to) is a 1964 novel by Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata.Opening on the train to Kyoto, the narrative, in characteristic Kawabata fashion, subtly brings up issues of tradition and modernity as it explores writer Oki Toshio's reunion with a young lover from his past, Otoko Ueno, who is now a famous artist and recluse. Ueno is now living with her protegée and a jealous lover, Keiko Sakami, and the unfolding relationships between Oki, Otoko, and Keiko form the plot of the novel. Keiko states several times that she will avenge Otoko for Oki's abandonment, and the story coalesces into a climactic ending.
