I found this duplicate copy of a book I already own in my book collection. i am going to make this trade paperback available to others.

Heh! I just now finished this book so I have to look to see if I still have another copy of it!

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This is a very softly-paced novel about Ogata Shingo, an elderly man (not that elderly, though!), who very quietly deals with his increasing forgetfulness and family problems. He lives with his wife Yasuko, his son Shuitsi, daughter-in-law Kikuko, and later his daughter Fukaso who returns to her parent's home with two daughters of her own.
The biggest issue in the family is that Shuitsi is having an affair with a woman who works at the same office as Shingo and Shuitsi. In dealing with this problem, we see day-to-day life carried out in a very typical Japanese way. The wife tends to be obedient, no one wants to lose face, and problems are worked on so as to be least disturbing.

The writing of Kawabata is lyrical and gentle. It takes in much geography, flora, and customs of Japan. There is no harsh melodrama in this story, but it has a pull of its own which leaves the reader at the end as gently as it grabs the reader from the beginning.

This book is being released for BookCrossing's 2016 Four Elements Challenge hosted by Firegirl.

This book has the word MOUNTAIN in the title.

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Happy reading!

Caught!

Thank you for returning this book to the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720). I'll be saving it to go out for Round #2.

Going out for Round #2...

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I'm releasing this book for the following BookCrossing challenge:

*** The Be Sensible Challenge in July 2016 Release Challenge hosted by solittletime. This book has the word SOUND in the title.

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Happy reading!

I selected this book from the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720) to travel elsewhere...

This book is being released at the Birthday Memorial Meet-up of BCinDC at Birdie's where our late friend and fellow BookCrosser MaryZee maintained an OBCZ (Official BookCrossing Zone).

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I'm releasing this book for the following BookCrossing challenge:

*** The The Release Challenge November 2016 hosted by RockDg9. This book has the word THE (x2) in the title.

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Hello and welcome to BookCrossing...where we make the whole world our library!

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Happy reading!

Picked up at Birdie's.

This book is being released at the BookCrossing table hosted by BCinDC members at the 2023 Gaithersburg Book Festival.

Welcome to BookCrossing!
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This book is being released at the BookCrossing table hosted by BCinDC members at the 2024 Gaithersburg (Maryland) Book Festival.

I wanted to read this book, but it has become the casualty of too little time. The book needs to be set free to discover a new reader.

Welcome to BookCrossing!
Thank you so much for picking up this book.
Please make a journal entry, it can be anonymous, or you can join (free), and follow the journey of this book, and others, if you choose to send more books on a journey.
Enjoy this book!
When you finish, pass it on for others, or keep it.
Thanks.