A review by buffna
Dandelions by Yasunari Kawabata

4.0

This is an UNFINISHED novel written before Kawabata's suicide in 1972. Because it's unfinished, I give it a 4 instead of a 3. A woman with somagnosia no longer sees her lover and is sent to an asylum. The story follows the dialogue between her mother and the woman's lover as they leave her behind, reluctantly. I had trouble interpreting the meaning after the story was finished, but after a lot of thinking, I think this this novel was a meditation on what it's like to lose someone you love without any negotiation or discussion then finding yourself having to love again.