One character in this work has a mysterious recurring dream in which he hears the phrase "and now she is a holy child forever." That character reads a newspaper which says that lotus seeds were made to bloom even though they were over a thousand years old, and he also dreams of ostrich and snake eggs. The novel ends on a happy note with a family sharing three trout for dinner and the main character suggests that they should all go look at the map
One character in this work has a mysterious recurring dream in which he hears the phrase "and now she is a holy child forever." That character reads a newspaper which says that lotus seeds were made to bloom even though they were over a thousand years old, and he also dreams of ostrich and snake eggs. The novel ends on a happy note with a family sharing three trout for dinner and the main character suggests that they should all go look at the maple trees. Earlier, we learned Fusako was being abused and the wife of the main character had a secret abortion, while his son Shuichi cheated on his wife with a war widow Kinuko. FTP, name this novel about the elderly businessman Shingo who longs to see his family in peace, a work by Kawabata named for the call of a natural landform which only Shingo  can hear.
One character in this work has a mysterious recurring dream in which he hears the phrase "and now she is a holy child forever.
The Sound of the Mountain