For 10 points-- name this novel centered on the family of Japanese Shingo, a work of Yasunari Kawabata.
This novel ends with a suggestion at dinner that the family it concerns go to the country soon to see the maples. The protagonist lacks affection for his wife due to her dearth of outer beauty, and often recalls her long dead sister, with whom he was secretly infatuated. The protagonist's children also have marital problems; his daughter is beaten by her husband and eventually moves back home to Kamakura to keep the children safe, while his son's affair with a war widow leads to his wife, Kikuko, having an abortion. For 10 points-- name this novel centered on the family of Japanese Shingo, a work of Yasunari Kawabata.
This novel ends with a suggestion at dinner that the family it concerns go to the country soon to see the maples.
The {Sound of the Mountain}