In one of this man's short stories, a hand mirror catches a reflection of a reflection of the moon on the water, and in another, a man on his way to a dance recital recalls two dead birds. He also wrote a story about an encounter between Fujio and Kiyoko, "The Grasshopper and the Cricket," as well as a novella where Eguchi enters a brothel in which old men sleep with drugged virgins. In another of his short stories, a hiker joins a group of performers and meets the Dancing Girl of Izu, while in one of his novels, Fusako leaves her husband and K
In one of this man's short stories, a hand mirror catches a reflection of a reflection of the moon on the water, and in another, a man on his way to a dance recital recalls two dead birds. He also wrote a story about an encounter between Fujio and Kiyoko, "The Grasshopper and the Cricket," as well as a novella where Eguchi enters a brothel in which old men sleep with drugged virgins. In another of his short stories, a hiker joins a group of performers and meets the Dancing Girl of Izu, while in one of his novels, Fusako leaves her husband and Kikuko has an abortion, which shocks Shingo. He also wrote a novel where Yoko nurses the dying Yukio, who was possibly once engaged to Komako, a geisha who once loved Shimamura. For 10 points, name this author of The Sound of the Mountain and Snow Country.
In one of this man's short stories, a hand mirror catches a reflection of a reflection of the moon on the water, and in another, a man on his way to a dance recital recalls two dead birds.
{Kawabata} Yasunari