Wild Woila reviewed The Sound of the Mountain by Yasunari Kawabata
By day Ogata Shingo, an elderly Tokyo businessman, is troubled by small failures of memory. …
Mellow & unfocussed, much like old age
3 stars
In post-war Japan, an aging man grapples ineffectually with the autumn of his life, the failure of his children's marriages, and his slightly inappropriate relationship with his daughter-in-law. Calmly mellow & unfocussed, much like old age might be.