num_pages: 276
description: Ogata Shingo is growing old, and his memory is failing him. At night he hears only the sound of death in the distant rumble from the mountain. The relationships which have previously defined his life - with his son, his wife, and his attractive daughter-in-law - are dissolving, and Shingo is caught between love and destruction. Lyrical and precise, The Sound of the Mountain explores in immaculately crafted prose the changing roles of love and the truth we face in ageing.
language: English
title: The Sound of the Mountain
titlecomplete: The Sound of the Mountain
characters: Ogata Shingo
genres: Asian Literature, Fiction, 20th Century, Japan, Classics, Japanese Literature, Nobel Prize, Asia, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 7758
places: Japan
awards: awardedAt: 31564800000
name: National Book Award
category: Translation, awardedAt: -504892800000
name: Noma Literary Prize 野間文芸賞
publisher: Martin Secker & Warburg