In its emotional climax, this novel's main character angers his lover by calling her a "good woman" instead of a "good girl.
The protagonist of this novel ponders "wasted effort" while watching insects struggle and die on the floor of his empty room. In its emotional climax, this novel's main character angers his lover by calling her a "good woman" instead of a "good girl." The end of this novel repeatedly alludes to the Tanabata legend, as its main character gazes up at the Milky Way and seems to become drawn into its depths. One character in this novel rescues a woman from a burning cocoon warehouse after it catches on fire during a film. In an early scene, the protagonist becomes enraptured with the reflection of a girl on a window silhouetted by a passing landscape on the way to an onsen. Celebrated for its opening lines, which begin "the train came out of the long tunnel," it focuses on the protagonist's relationships with Yoko and the geisha Komako. For 10 points, name this novel by Yasunari Kawabata about Shimamura's trip to the title remote location.
The protagonist of this novel ponders "wasted effort" while watching insects struggle and die on the floor of his empty room.
Snow Country [or Yakiguni]