num_pages: 141
description: Uta-Jimi - "SONG ISLAND" is the setting for this simple, exquisitely beautiful story of first love. Hatsue is a young Japanese maiden, trained to dive for precious pearls. Shinji is the young man from the fishing village who falls in love with her. This is a modern-day Daphnis and Chloe tale, told with perfect naturalism and delicacy. In Japan, it is already regarded as one of the world's great love stories. "THE SOUND OF WAVES is without exception the best Japanese novel to appear in translation to date." - The Saturday Review
language: Japanese
title: The Sound of Waves
titlecomplete: The Sound of Waves
characters: Chiyoko, Terukichi Miyata, Shinji Kubo, Yasuo Kawamoto
genres: Classics, Asian Literature, Japan, Asia, Novels, Japanese Literature, Romance, 20th Century, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 18141
places: Japan
awards: awardedAt: -504892800000
name: Shincho Prize
publisher: Berkley Medallion N2059: New York, NY