Name: The Sound of Waves
SKU: 18741527
Price: 239.00 ZAR
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Author: Yukio Mishima
ISBN: 9780099289982

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Yukio Mishima

Synopsis "The Sound of Waves "

In a remote fishing village in Japan, two very different young people fall in love.

Shinji is a hard-working fisherman, Hatsue is the beautiful daughter of the wealthiest man in the village. She is also a diver for pearls and seaweed with the other women of the community. Shinji is entranced at the sight of Hatsue in the twilight on the beach and a relationship develops via secret notes and meetings. But when the villagers’ gossip threatens to divide them permanently, Shinji must risk his life to prove his worth.

‘A work of art...altogether a joyous and lovely thing’ New York Times

‘A sunny masterpiece’ Los Angeles Times