The Rainbow Yasunari Kawabata by Yasunari Kawabata 9780593314920, 0593314921 instant download after payment.

With the Second World War only a few years in the past, & 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 & 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. A thoughtful, probing novel about the enduring traumas of war, the unbreakable bonds of family, & the inescapability of the past, The Rainbow is a searing,...