Title: 山の音
First published: 1970
Description: The anxieties and desires of an old man, Shingo, who lives with his family in a suburb of Tokyo, are shown. He hears "the sound of the mountain", the faint rumble in the hills that is a muffled hint of unknown occurrences and a foreboding of death. The affection he feels for his daughter-in-law, the increasing tensions of his relations with his wife, son and daughter are also muffled, yet disturbingly powerful.
Subjects: Fiction, Japan -- Fiction., Japan, fiction, Fiction, general, Old-age, Japanese, haiku, family, love, death
Places: Japan
LC classification: PL832 A9 Y316, PL832.A9 Y34