This novel opens with the protagonist staring at the reflection of a woman's eye in a train window.
One character in this novel is repeatedly described as having eyelashes that are so thick that they make her eyes look half open even when they are closed. That character is so frustrated with how sluggishly her arm moves when she is drunk that she bites it. This novel opens with the protagonist staring at the reflection of a woman's eye in a train window. In one scene, this novel's female protagonist sings the song "Dark Hair", accompanying herself on a samisen. She denies the claim that she was once engaged to the music teacher's son, Yukio, who is dying of intestinal tuberculosis, and who is being looked after by Yoko. For 10 points, name this novel about Komako's affair with the geisha Shimamura in a winter mountain resort by Kawabata Yasunari.
One character in this novel is repeatedly described as having eyelashes that are so thick that they make her eyes look half open even when they are closed.
Snow Country [or Yukiguni]