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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
slow-paced
perfect perfect perfect was so amazing i am in love w everything ab it I want to be written by mishima
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
I wanted to love this book, but the more I read the more I felt I as if I were wasting my time. I love Japanese history and this book didn't do it justice. It wasn't clear what the book was about until the end - a bunch of awful people make bad decisions. The writing was tedious and failed to convey the beauty of Japan. All of the characters were terrible people, except maybe Honda (the protagonist's sidekick). The ending was insulting. I'm not angry that it wasn't a happy ending, I'm just angry that I could have been reading better books.
This is an astonishing novel. I've not read any Japanese literature before and I was drawn to it via a lifelong fascination with Japanese culture and Buddhist philosophy in general, but I am so glad I made time for this. It has a deep and subtle quality that I've really not experienced before in any writing, anywhere. The author's ability to describe the intangible gives this novel a timeless beauty. Mishima's knack for exploring feelings and events through pathetic fallacy, and to draw the reader in to the deepest subtleties of the human condition are - in my experience - unparalleled.
Anyway, this is a beautiful, timeless and tragic love story that encompasses the difficult themes around coming of age with a real deftness and skill that will leave you speechless. Well, it did that to me. I was lost for a few moments after I finished the final chapter. Remarkable and beautiful.
Anyway, this is a beautiful, timeless and tragic love story that encompasses the difficult themes around coming of age with a real deftness and skill that will leave you speechless. Well, it did that to me. I was lost for a few moments after I finished the final chapter. Remarkable and beautiful.
Only picked this up as background info to "Runaway Horses", which I am yet to read.
I have a suspicion that the plot (dramatic, but not at all unusual – I had a vague feeling that I must have read it all before, it's very 19th century lit), is a thin excuse to display the characters and the landscapes. This is more about poetry than about message or even choices - everything rolls along so smoothly and everyone plays their parts so well there don't seem to be any choices happening. This is a beautiful tragedy, with emphasis on beautiful.
There might be also some kind of reflection happening on the history of early 20th century Japan, but I am largely missing it because of lack of background knowledge on the period.
I have a suspicion that the plot (dramatic, but not at all unusual – I had a vague feeling that I must have read it all before, it's very 19th century lit), is a thin excuse to display the characters and the landscapes. This is more about poetry than about message or even choices - everything rolls along so smoothly and everyone plays their parts so well there don't seem to be any choices happening. This is a beautiful tragedy, with emphasis on beautiful.
There might be also some kind of reflection happening on the history of early 20th century Japan, but I am largely missing it because of lack of background knowledge on the period.
Mi ci è voluta una vita a finire questo libro, il ritmo è lentissimo, c'è la sensazione che la narrazione progredisce pochissimo da un capitolo all'altro, forse gli ultimi capitoli sono leggermente più incalzanti.
La scrittura fa' uso di molte figure retoriche, risulta molto delicata e piacevole ma alcune volta risulta quasi tediosa. La storia è molto bella e, per il poco che so sulla cultura giapponese grazie ad altri libri ed ad un viaggio, penso venga rispecchiata molto bene.
La scrittura fa' uso di molte figure retoriche, risulta molto delicata e piacevole ma alcune volta risulta quasi tediosa. La storia è molto bella e, per il poco che so sulla cultura giapponese grazie ad altri libri ed ad un viaggio, penso venga rispecchiata molto bene.
Moretti mencionaba que el realismo cuando se saca de Europa termina siendo muy tenso y en crisis. Creo que Nieve de Primavera es una buena forma de mostrarlo sin necesariamente hacer una lectura más compleja como podría ser un Dostoyevski.
La novela tiene un núcleo claro: Kiyoaki y su incapacidad de establecer vinculos con la gente. Lo que se va desenvolviendo en la lectura es el proceso de enamoramiento del personaje contra su propia voluntad. Kiyoaki es como una Emma Bovary que se lanza a sus pasiones, solo que sin desearlo inicialmente.
Asi como Flaubert, Mishima marca con mucha calidad las contradicciones del Japón de la era Meiji. La occidentalización no calzaba del todo con la realidad y la tradición japonesa. Hay mucha contradicción en los personajes, hipocresía a veces, algunos que fingen demencia. Eso es la aparición de la modernidad en lugares donde no nace sino que se importa.
A diferencia de otras novelas realistas, me entretuve un monton porque esta inestabilidad le da un dinamismo. La novela te toma de la mano y te lleva a lo vertiginoso y descuidado del crecer del protagonista.
La novela tiene un núcleo claro: Kiyoaki y su incapacidad de establecer vinculos con la gente. Lo que se va desenvolviendo en la lectura es el proceso de enamoramiento del personaje contra su propia voluntad. Kiyoaki es como una Emma Bovary que se lanza a sus pasiones, solo que sin desearlo inicialmente.
Asi como Flaubert, Mishima marca con mucha calidad las contradicciones del Japón de la era Meiji. La occidentalización no calzaba del todo con la realidad y la tradición japonesa. Hay mucha contradicción en los personajes, hipocresía a veces, algunos que fingen demencia. Eso es la aparición de la modernidad en lugares donde no nace sino que se importa.
A diferencia de otras novelas realistas, me entretuve un monton porque esta inestabilidad le da un dinamismo. La novela te toma de la mano y te lleva a lo vertiginoso y descuidado del crecer del protagonista.
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes