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The Lake is the history of an obsession. It traces a man's sad pursuit of an unattainable perfection, a beauty out of reach, admired from a distance, unconsummated. Homeless, a fugitive from an ambiguous crime, his is an incurable longing that drives him to shadow nameless women in the street... read more
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Gimpei Momoi arrived in Karuizawa at the end of the summer season, although up there it seemed more like autumn.
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- Yasunari Kawabata (Author)
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Original Language: Japanese
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Country: Japan
Publication Date: 1954
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Publication Date: 1954
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