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Yasunari Kawabata

Yasunari Kawabata is represented in the Globusz Books library by 2 reviewed books. This page brings those summaries together so readers can compare the author’s available work before choosing what to read.

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Reviewed summary

The Master of Go

A six-month Go match becomes a quiet battleground for tradition and change in Yasunari Kawabata’s "The Master of Go." It’s not just a game—it’s an intricate ritual weighed down by pride, aging, and the fading rituals of old Japan. Can the old master hold on as the world shifts beneath his feet?

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Reviewed summary

The Sound of the Mountain

Shingo Ogata’s quiet battle with aging and family tensions unfolds with subtle, heartbreaking clarity. This isn’t a loud drama—it’s the slow unraveling of relationships and roles in post-war Japan, where what’s left unsaid carries the most weight. Kawabata’s prose listens more than it speaks, inviting you into the spaces between words.

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