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elenavarg's review against another edition
3.0
I don’t know if this novel would’ve made me as emotional if I hadn’t midway through reading it realised it was the last book Kawabata wrote before commiting suicide. I don’t know why, but the knowledge of him dying right after this books publication really touched me. The novel itself was at parts interesting but it mostly felt very repetitive, not really going anywhere.
ioanabogdan's review against another edition
3.0
Philosophy between the lines. Simple but definitely fruitful
ngominh's review
2.0
Ngắn nên đọc đỡ chán chứ cũng k thấm nổi văn của ổng. Cái kiểu nhợt nhạt hời hợt không thể nắm bắt này nó có 1 ranh giới cực nhỏ giữa hư vô mong manh với tào lao làm quá. Và mình vẫn chưa cảm được cái vế 1 của ổng.
fishface's review against another edition
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Fascinating... definitely worth revisiting as I could tell a lot beneath the surface was there that I couldn't pick up the first time. The fictional illness with which Ineko (wife and daughter of the two main characters respectively) is afflicted prevents her from perceiving peoples bodies sometimes, particularly that of her lover Kuno. Having delivered her to a mental institution Kuno and her mother discuss at length how such a condition could come to be, and it's relation to love. My edition came with his Nobel lecture in the back which i found quite interesting, given it's discussion of suicide, knowing that the author went on to (probably) take his own life.
bentoth1's review
5.0
Dandelions is the unfinished enigma of Kawabata's collected works, equally blessed as the finality of his death curses it.
It is like a blurry photograph whose streaked colors and lack of clarity call to mind the hands gripping the camera, even though they are not in the frame. If Kawabata had been able to retake and recompose the image of Dandelions, we would have been left with a sharper, more focused image, but it would not have radiated the same raw, vibrant warmth.
"They turned back toward the hill and raised their eyes. The tolling seemed to come from the sky, and stay in the sky. A temple in a country town like this one was unlikely to have a large and celebrated bell, but it was probably old enough."
It is like a blurry photograph whose streaked colors and lack of clarity call to mind the hands gripping the camera, even though they are not in the frame. If Kawabata had been able to retake and recompose the image of Dandelions, we would have been left with a sharper, more focused image, but it would not have radiated the same raw, vibrant warmth.
"They turned back toward the hill and raised their eyes. The tolling seemed to come from the sky, and stay in the sky. A temple in a country town like this one was unlikely to have a large and celebrated bell, but it was probably old enough."
mxnika____'s review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
cybellesdream's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
pinknblue's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25