Thousand CranesBy: Yasunari Kawabata Series: Vintage International A luminous story of desire, regret, and the almost sensual nostalgia that binds the living to the deadfrom the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner and author of Snow Country. "A stunning economy, delicacy of feeling, and a painters sensitivity to the visible world. The Atlantic While attending a traditional tea ceremony in the aftermath of his parents deaths, Kikuji encounters his fathers former mistress,