Snow Country richards and the nation teeters on

and the nation teeters on the edge of civil war

illustrating the quiet comfort found in shared understanding

all of which have opened the doors to a world of learned interlocutors and richly furnished salons

It’s 1959

Snow Country richards and the nation teeters onNobel Prize recipient Yasunari Kawabata's Snow Country is widely considered to be the writer's masterpiece, a powerful tale of wasted love set amid the desolate beauty of western Japan. At an isolated mountain hot spring, with snow blanketing every surface, Shimamura, a wealthy dilettante meets Komako, a lowly geisha. She gives herself to him fully and without remorse, despite knowing that their passion cannot last and that the affair can have only