The novel explores themes of love, desire, beauty, and the transience of life. Meanwhile, Yoko is deeply in love with Shimamura but is unable to express her feelings to him. Shimamura’s feelings for Komako are conflicted, as he both desires her and yet remains emotionally distant from her.
In the town, Shimamura becomes involved in a complex love triangle with Komako and another geisha named Yoko. Shimamura is a wealthy dilettante who has been visiting the town for many years and is drawn to the beauty of the snow country landscape.
The novel follows the story of a young Tokyo-based man named Shimamura who travels to a remote mountain hot spring town in northern Japan to visit a geisha named Komako. “Snow Country” is a novel by Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata, which was first published in Japanese in 1948.
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