{"product_id":"snow-country-pb","title":"Snow Country PB","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis masterpiece from the Nobel Prize-winning author and acclaimed writer of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThousand Cranes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eis a powerful tale of wasted love set amid the desolate beauty of western Japan. • “Kawabata’s novels are among the most affecting and original works of our time.” —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt 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 one outcome. In chronicling the course of this doomed romance, Kawabata has created a story for the ages—a stunning novel dense in implication and exalting in its sadness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52597282013415,"sku":null,"price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/3397\/3991\/files\/41k4-bHm3yL.webp?v=1788897337","url":"https:\/\/friendsmvl.org\/products\/snow-country-pb","provider":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}