The Snow Country

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:novel
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:theater
gptkb:film
gptkbp:adaptation_year gptkb:1957
gptkbp:author gptkb:Yasunari_Kawabata
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Literature
gptkbp:cast gptkb:Yasujirō_Ozu
gptkbp:character_development complex characters
gptkbp:critical_reception acclaimed
gptkbp:cultural_impact inspired adaptations
inspired other authors
influenced film directors
gptkbp:cultural_significance explores Japanese aesthetics
gptkbp:genre literary fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Snow Country
gptkbp:influence gptkb:Japanese_literature
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Shintoism
gptkb:Japanese_culture
Western literature
gptkbp:isbn 978-4-10-100001-0
gptkbp:language gptkb:Japanese
gptkbp:main_character gptkb:Shimamura
gptkb:Komako
gptkbp:motif gptkb:mountains
gptkb:hot_springs
snow
gptkbp:narrative_style gptkb:metaphor
gptkb:allegory
stream of consciousness
symbolism
imagery
foreshadowing
gptkbp:notable_quote “ The heart is a lonely hunter.”
“ Beauty is a thing of the moment.”
“ The snow country is a place of beauty.”
gptkbp:page_count 224
gptkbp:protagonist gptkb:art_critics
gptkbp:published_in 1947
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Shinchosha
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:symbolism mountains as obstacles
hot springs as healing
snow as purity
gptkbp:theme love
beauty
isolation
gptkbp:translated_into gptkb:Edward_Seidensticker
gptkb:French
gptkb:German
English
gptkbp:writer gptkb:Yasujirō_Ozu
gptkbp:year early 20th century
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Yasunari_Kawabata
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4