Yasunari Kawabata Snow Country

The terse yet lyrical novel Snow Country, published in irregular installments between 1935 and 1947, recounts a fateful tale of failed love between Shimamura, an idle man of leisure, and Komako, a beautiful, young entertainer learning to be a geisha in the snow-covered mountains of north Japan. The novel's lush evocations of landscape, subtle use of language, and complicated symbolism have captured the imagination of countless readers and made it a classic of twentieth-century Japanese literature. In 1968, the author, Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972), was the first Japanese writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

2006 FALL LECTURE SERIES

Three lectures by literary scholars: all students, faculty, and staff are welcome. Those attending three of the lectures will receive a certificate of completion.

sponsored by Japan Foundation of New York

Lecturers

Lecture 1 | October 26th | 7:00 - 8:15 pm Jeffrey Angles Assistant Professor and Director of Japanese Language Program Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo

Lecture 2 | November 2nd | 7:00 - 8:15 pm Miho Matsugu Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese and Japanese Grinnell College, Iowa

Lecture 3 | November 9rd | 7:00 - 8:15 pm William Tyler Associate Professor of Japanese Language and Literature Ohio State University, Columbus

Location: Theater at  Wilbur Wright College 4300 N. Narragansett Avenue

To register or for inquiries, contact Edward Mogul, (773) 769- 0591, emogul@ccc.edu.

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