Japanese Literature - The Rainbow: A Novel, by Yasunari Kawabata

We shall read a novel by Yasunari Kawabata, the first recipient from Japan of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968.

A summary is provided below:

"With the Second World War only a few years in the past, and Japan still reeling from its effects, two sisters—born to the same father but different mothers—struggle to make sense of the new world in which they are coming of age. Asako, the younger, has become obsessed with locating a third sibling, while also experiencing love for the first time. While Momoko, their father’s first child—haunted by the loss of her kamikaze boyfriend and their final, disturbing days together—seeks comfort in a series of unhealthy romances. And both sisters find themselves unable to outrun the legacies of their late mothers."

Please join us for food and conversation as we discuss this novel.

I will make a reservation on the Sunday before the meetup. If you must cancel, please try to do so before this date.