Thousand Cranes Audiobook by Yasunari Kawabata

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/55/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Thousand Cranes Author: Yasunari Kawabata Narrator: Brian Nishii Format: Unabridged Length: 3 hrs Language: English Release date: 10-19-10 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 75 votes Genres: Classics, World Literature Publisher's Summary: With a restraint that barely conceals the ferocity of his characters' passions, one of Japan's great postwar novelists tells the luminous story of Kikuji and the tea party he attends with Mrs. Ota, the rival of his dead father's mistress. A tale of desire, regret, and sensual nostalgia, every gesture has a meaning, and even the most fleeting touch or casual utterance has the power to illuminate entire lives - sometimes in the same moment that it destroys them. Critic Reviews: "Narrator Brian Nishii uses calm, understated tones to fully illuminate Kikujis emotional state as he tries to make sense of his unruly desires, his feelings of loss, and his deep loneliness. Nishii adds depth to Kawabatas spare, disciplined language, never resorting to theatricality yet providing significant moments of reflection and contemplation as Kikuji works to achieve awareness. In both substance and delivery, Thousand Cranes is as subtle and minimal as a Japanese painting." (AudioFile) "A novel of exquisite artistry...rich suggestibility...and a story that is human, vivid and moving." (New York Herald Tribune) Kawabata is a poet of the gentlest shades, of the evanescent, the imperceptible. This is a tragedy in soft focus, but its passions are fierce." (CommonWealth)