At one point in this work, the protagonist notices a woman peddling cosmetics in the hallway and asks her where she's from but she simply repeats the question twice and then leaves; he notices her foreign shoes are we are told that she's a white Russian woman.
At one point in this work, the protagonist notices a woman peddling cosmetics in the hallway and asks her where she's from but she simply repeats the question twice and then leaves; he notices her foreign shoes are we are told that she's a white Russian woman. That protagonist is greeted by a little girl Kimi and interacts with his wife only when she tells him to be careful with his clothes; he writes articles on western ballet despite never having seen one. Another character pays medical bills for the elderly Yukio, and cannot bear to watch him die; she is said to become one with the Milky Way at the end of this work, during ► the fire at the silkworm factory where she saves Yoko. FTP, name this novel in which a wealthy dilettante Shimamura from Tokyo meets Komako, a geisha at the hot springs, written by Kawabata.    
At one point in this work, the protagonist notices a woman peddling cosmetics in the hallway and asks her where she's from but she simply repeats the question twice and then leaves; he notices her foreign shoes are we are told that she's a white Russian woman.
Snow Country (or Yukiguni)