{"product_id":"snow-country","title":"Snow Country","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis masterpiece from the Nobel Prize-winning author and acclaimed writer of \u003ci\u003eThousand Cranes \u003c\/i\u003eis a powerful tale of wasted love set amid the desolate beauty of western Japan. • “Kawabata’s novels are among the most affecting and original works of our time.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At an isolated mountain hot spring, with snow blanketing every surface, Shimamura, a wealthy dilettante meets Komako, a lowly geisha. She gives herself to him fully and without remorse, despite knowing that their passion cannot last and that the affair can have only one outcome. In chronicling the course of this doomed romance, Kawabata has created a story for the ages—a stunning novel dense in implication and exalting in its sadness.","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43122099945508,"sku":null,"price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/8657\/1300\/files\/28026533482429.jpg?v=1767382880","url":"https:\/\/volumebookshop.com\/products\/snow-country","provider":"Volume Bookshop \u0026 Studio, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}