The Sound of the Mountain

Translated from the Japanese by Edward M. Seidensticker. First UK edition. Publisher’s black cloth boards with gilt to spine. In slightly toned and rubbed dust jacket; off-setting to reverse; two small brown spots to front flap and reverse of upper panel. A near fine copy. *** The first novel by Yasunari Kawabata to be translated into English after he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968. Preceded by the American edition. Seidensticker won the National Book Award for his translation.