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The Sound of the Mountain

Kawabata, Yasunari

£65.00

1st Edition
Hardcover

Translated from the Japanese by Edward M. Seidensticker. First UK edition. Publisher’s black cloth boards with gilt to spine. In slightly toned dust jacket; a little rubbed and chipped to head of spine. A near fine copy. *** The first novel by Yasunari Kawabata to be translated into English since he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968. Preceded by the American edtion. Seidensticker won the National Book Award for his translation.

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Book Details

AuthorKawabata, Yasunari
PublisherSecker & Warburg
Publisher Year1971
Book ConditionNear Fine
Jacket ConditionNear Fine
Binding TypeHardcover
Edition1st Edition
LanguageEnglish