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1、ALSOBYYASUNARIKAWABATAThousandCranes(1959)*TheSoundoftheMountain(1970)*TheMasterofGo(1972)*BeautyandSadness(1975)**AVAILABLEINPERIGEEBOOKSEDITIONSSNOWCOUNTRYYASUNARIKAWABATATranslatedfromtheJapanesebyEDWARDG.SEIDENSTICKERAW1DEVIEWIPERIGEEBOOKPerigeeBooksarepublishedbyG.P.P
2、utnam'sSons200MadisonAvenueNewYork,N.Y.10016Copyright©1957byAlfredA.Knopf,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Thisbook,orpartsthereof,maynotbereproducedinanyformwithoutpermission.PublishedsimultaneouslyinCanadabyAcademicPressCanadaLimited,Toronto.Thisisanauthorizedreprintofahardcoveredi
3、tionoriginallypublishedbyAlfredA.Knopf,Inc.OriginallypublishedinJapaneseasYukiguni.LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationDataKawabata,Yasunari,1899-1972.Snowcountry.TranslationofYukiguni.OriginallypublishedbyKnopf,NewYork.I.Title.PL832.A9Y8131981895.6'3480-39979ISBN0-399
4、-50525-3J-irstPerigeePrinting,1981SixthImpressionPrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaINTRODUCTIONINTHEWINTER,coldwindsblowdownfromSiberia,pickupmoistureovertheJapanSea,anddropitassnowwhentheystrikethemountainsofJapan.ThewestcoastofthemainislandofJapanisprobablyforitslatitude(
5、roughly,fromCapeHatterastoNewYork,orfromSpanishMoroccotoBarcelona)thesnowiestregionintheworld.FromDecembertoAprilorMayonlytherailroadsareopen,andthesnowinthemountainsissometimesasmuchasfifteenfeetdeep.Theexpression"snowcountry,"then,doesnotmeansimplycountrywheresnowfalls.I
6、tmeansveryspecificallythepartofthemainislandthatlieswestofthecentralmountainrange.Itsuggestslong,graywinters,tunnelsunderthesnow,darkhouseswithraftersblackfromthesmokeofwinter�v�Introductionfires-andperhapschilblains,or,tothemoreimaginative,lifedivorcedfromtimethroughthelo
7、ngsnowboundmonths.Thehotsprings,oneofwhichisthelocaleofSnowCountry,alsohaveapeculiarlyJapanesesignificance.TheJapaneseseldomgoestoahotspringforhishealth,andhenevergoesfor"theseason,"aspeopleoncewenttoBathorSaratoga.Hemayskiorviewmapleleavesorcherryblossoms,buthiswifeisusua
8、llynotwithhim.Thespecialdelightsofthehotspringarefortheunaccompaniedgentleman.Noprosperou
