The protagonist of this book is reminded of his lover's feet when he puts his ear to a tea kettle and listens to its jingling bell.
Part 1 of this novel closes with the protagonist wanting to weep when he sees a couple on a train split-up after he thought they were on a long journey together. The protagonist of this book is reminded of his lover's feet when he puts his ear to a tea kettle and listens to its jingling bell. In its last pages, the Milky Way highlights the physical features of its two principle characters, who are standing in its streams of light. This novel's last major event is that of a (*) cocoon warehouse catching on fire, where a woman is saved by her fiancé's ex-lover. Its main character is a dilettante that is working on a book about western ballet who has an affair with the geisha Komako. For 10 points, name this novel in which Shimamura's affair is juxtaposed with the title region, a work of Kawabata.
Part 1 of this novel closes with the protagonist wanting to weep when he sees a couple on a train split-up after he thought they were on a long journey together.
Snow Country [or Yukiguni]