Yasunari Kawabata has always been one of the Japanese writers I like very much, many of his works, I read in college, some even read more than once, of which, my favorite, is his "Snow Country", I remember reading "Snow Country", immersed in that cold and silent world for a long time, also because of "Snow Country", I began to contact other works of Yasunari Kawabata, but "Snow Country" brought me that wonderful reading feeling and experience, is very unforgettable.
"Snow Country" is the first novella created by Yasunari Kawabata, and one of his masterpieces, in 1968, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his three works of "Snow Country", "Ancient Capital" and "Thousand Paper Cranes", becoming the first writer in Japanese history to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the second Asian to win the prize after Tagore.
The story line of "Snow Country" is very simple, the emotional entanglement and fate between the four people of the urban people Shimamura, Komako, Leaf, and Yukio, Shimamura entered the snow country three times, and Komako and Leaf had a fate association, Shimamura does not belong to the snow country, he grew up in the metropolis of Tokyo, which is far away from the snow country, everything about him is incompatible with the snow country, of course, Shimamura is not the object that Kawabata Yasunari wants to focus on, in fact, he uses the image of Shimamura to set off and contrast the two female figures, that is, Komako and Leaf, These two very characteristic women are particularly beautiful against the backdrop of the island village.
Although Komako is a "humble" geisha, she never gives up the pursuit and yearning for life, she is very motivated, very diligent, she writes a diary every day, even if she does not have money to buy a diary, she will find a miscellaneous notebook, write on it, draw her own grid, neat lines, she attaches great importance to this matter. This also expresses Komako's serious attitude towards life and the courage to work hard to live.
And Kawabata Yasunari in writing the leaves, although the description of the pen and ink is not a lot, the scene of the leaves is not a lot, but a few short words, but also the leaf character expression is very distinct, Kawabata Yasunari repeatedly use serious, Kiyoko, sharp, cold such a tone of words, so that the leaf such a seemingly transparent nihilistic image jumped on the paper, if the koma is a symbol of enthusiasm, fresh red tone, then the leaf is the opposite of the plain white, calm white tone, whether it is komako's red, Still the white of the leaves, in the background of the snow country, they all look particularly shining.
At the end of the novel, Ye Zi is buried in the sea of fire, and Yasunari Kawabata writes such a tragedy sadly and poignantly, which is a kind of material beauty, which makes people extremely shocked when reading, although Ye Zi's life is terminated, but the soul seems to have eternal life, and death is only a continuation of her life.
The sense of nothingness in "Snow Country" embodies the idea of material decay in Japanese literature, and there is also the embodiment and expression of this kind of thought in "The Tale of Genji", Yasunari Kawabata once said: "'The Dancing Girl of Izu' or 'Snow Country', I wrote it with the mood of gratitude for love, this performance is simply expressed in "The Dancing Girl of Izu", and in "Snow Country" it is slightly deeper and makes a painful performance. In Japanese literature, "material mourning" is the aesthetic criterion of the entire traditional Japanese literature, which is reflected in literature, architecture, culture and other aspects, and in "Snow Country", a kind of sad beauty lingers in the reader's heart from beginning to end.
That snowy, cold and silent snow country, that beautiful and ethereal, dream-like aesthetic world, in each of our hearts, there is an image of a snow country, the snow country is really beautiful, after reading "Snow Country", I have a deep yearning for that white country.
Let us appreciate the ten classic sentences in "Snow Country" to experience the beauty of this work, and recommend that you read this book yourself.
You can even make your fingertips glow with beautiful colors. —— Yasunari Kawabata, "Snow Country"
Only one eye of the girl was reflected on the glass, and she looked even more beautiful. —— Yasunari Kawabata, "Snow Country"
Looking up, the Milky Way seemed to clatter and poured down on his heart. —— Yasunari Kawabata, "Snow Country"
Survival itself is a futile effort. —— Yasunari Kawabata, "Snow Country"
The snow in the mirror became more and more dazzling, like a burning flame. —— Yasunari Kawabata, "Snow Country"
The song was so clear that it was almost mournful, and it immediately caused an echo. —— Yasunari Kawabata, "Snow Country"
Through the long tunnel of the county boundary, there is the snow country. —— Yasunari Kawabata, "Snow Country"
There is a strong vitality in the midst of poverty. —— Yasunari Kawabata, "Snow Country"
The moon was as clean as a knife on a crystal ice cube. —— Yasunari Kawabata, "Snow Country"
The silver of the white flowers is like the autumn sun pouring down on the mountain. —— Yasunari Kawabata, "Snow Country"