Currently occupying my nightstand is Snow Country by Kawabata Yasunari （川端康成）. At first, this quick read left me a little cold, but I'm warming up to the love triangle of a hardened Tokyoite and two mountain geisha.This book is always referenced as a must-read for Japanese fiction, and I'm finally getting around to experiencing it. Not to culturally pigeonhole, but sometimes my "Western" mind has trouble adapting to the "Eastern" style that values aesthetics over narrative. Still, the descriptions of this "Snow Country" (the mountain ranges that border Gunma and Niigata prefectures) are vivid and brilliant.
All I want for Xmas is...a drama-free trip to the doctor with my mom this morning. She's going for another MRI, which always freaks her out. I hope to provide some calm.
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