Yasunari Kawabata – författare

Med regnbågen som sällskap av Yasunari Kawabata i svensk översättning från japanska av Lars Vargö

Handlingen utspelar sig strax efter Andra Världskriget kriget och tar upp känsliga ämnen som otrohet, utomäktenskapliga barn och abort – och inte minst hur människorna lever i den tidens kulturella brytningstid i Japan.

En arkitekt och hans två äldsta döttrar bor i Tokyo, men handlingen förläggs i huvudsak i den gamla kejserliga huvudstaden Kyoto, en stad som hade en särskild attraktionskraft på författaren. 1968 tilldelats Kawabata nobelpriset i litteratur, ”för hans berättarkonst, som med fin känsla uttrycker japanskt väsen i dess egenart”. Romanen förmedlar värdefulla insikter för den intresserade.

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Available in English for the very first time, a powerful, poignant novel about three half sisters in post-war Japan, from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Snow Country.

With the Second World War only a few years in the past, and Japan still reeling from its effects, two sisters-born to the same father but different mothers-struggle to make sense of the new world in which they are coming of age. Asako, the younger, has become obsessed with locating a third sibling, while also experiencing love for the first time. While Momoko, their father's first child-haunted by the loss of her kamikaze boyfriend and their final, disturbing days together-seeks comfort in a series of unhealthy romances. And both sisters find themselves unable to outrun the legacies of their late mothers. A thoughtful, probing novel about the enduring traumas of war, the unbreakable bonds of family, and the inescapability of the past, The Rainbow is a searing, melancholy work from one of Japan's greatest writers. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL.

Brought to you by Penguin.With the Second World War only a few years in the past, and Japan still reeling from its effects, two sisters - born to the same father but different mothers - struggle to make sense of the new world in which they are coming of age. Asako, the younger, has become obsessed with locating a third sibling, while also experiencing love for the first time. While Momoko, their father''s first child - haunted by the loss of her kamikaze boyfriend and their final, disturbing days together - seeks comfort in a series of unhealthy romances. And both sisters find themselves unable to outrun the legacies of their late mothers. A thoughtful, probing novel about the enduring traumas of war, the unbreakable bonds of family and the inescapability of the past, The Rainbow is a searing, melancholy work from one of Japan''s greatest writers.©2023 Yasunari Kawabata (P)2023 Penguin Audio