Literary

Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:SnowISBN13:9780743463829ISBN10:074346382XAuthor:Fermine, Maxence (Author)Description:Yuko Akita Had Two Passions Haiku And Snow It Is April 1884 And Yuko Akita Has Reached His Seventeenth Birthday On The Island Of Hokkaid In The North Of Japan The Time Has Come To Choose His Vocation, Warrior Or Monk, But Against The Wishes Of His Father, Yuko Settles On A Third Option: He Will Be A Poet Yuko Begins To Write The Seventeen-Syllable Poems We Know As Haiku--All Celebrating The Beauty Of Snow, His One Great Subject One Day, The Imperial Poet Arrives From The Emperor's Court He Has Heard About The Beauty Of Yuko's Poems And Has Come To Meet The Young Poet Himself While Agreeing The Poems Have A Music All Their Own, The Imperial Poet Notes That Lacking Color, Yuko's Poems Are Destined To Remain Invisible To The World If The Young Poet Is To Learn Color, He Must Study With The Great Artist Soseki In The South Of Japan Yuko Sets Off On A Treacherous Journey Across The Whole Of Japan Cold, Hungry, And Exhausted, He Encounters A Vision That Will Forever Change His Life It Is A Woman, Frozen In The Ice With Pale Gold Hair, Ice Blue Eyes And A Face As White As Snow, The Dead Beauty Will Obsess Yuko Who Was She? How Did She Come To Meet Her Death In The Depths Of His Beloved Snow?Arriving At Soseki's Door, Yuko Is Shocked To Discover That The Great Master Of Color Is Blind He Will Gradullay Come To Learn That Color Is Not Something Outside Of Us, But Within Us He Will Also Learn About His Master's Samurai Past And Soseki's Link To The Woman In The Snow It Is A Beautiful Love Story Which Will Have Its Echo In Yuko's Own As He Finds His Own, Living, Daughter Of Snow With Stunning Visual Images Created Out Of Minimalist Prose, Snow Is As Delicate And Inspiring As The Haiku Poetry It Celebrates And Emulates A Swift And Refreshing Read, The Novel Treats Readers To A Gorgeous Love Story While Gently Floating Ideas Such As What Is The Nature Of Art And Perception? What Is The Place Of Passion In Art And In Life? Highly Romantic And Gracefully Written, Snow Is Destined To Become A Cult Classic Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Washington Square PressPublication Date:2011-04-01Weight:0.28 lbsDimensions:0.27'' H x 7.99'' L x 5'' WNumber of Pages:112Language:English