The lake
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The lake
Kodansha International, 2004, c1974
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みずうみ
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"First edition, 1974. First paperback edition, 1978"--T.p. verso
Translation of: みずうみ
On colophon: 英文版みずうみ (新装版)
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ISBN 9784770030016
Description
川端康成、戦後代表作の一つの英訳。
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ISBN 9784770030016
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The Lake is the story of a stalker. Homeless, a fugitive from an ambiguous crime, he has an incurable longing that drives him to trail certain women he meets as he wanders about. The longing is for something out of reach: a beauty admired from a distance, unconsumated. The Lake is the history of an obsession. It traces a man's sad pursuit of an unattainable perfection, a beauty out of reach, admired from a distance, unconsummated. Homeless, a fugitive from an ambiguous crime, his is an incurable longing that drives him to shadow nameless women in the street and hide in ditches
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