千羽鶴 - Kawabataversione in lingua originale del romanzo "Mille gru" di Yasunari Kawabata Ed shinchosha, 1987 isbn 4101001081 Thousand Cranes is a story of love given and love withheld. Set against the backdrop of Japan's traditional tea ceremony, it is a taut, highly dramatic novel gleaming with sudden passages of poetic beauty. In one of the book's strongest scenes, the two characters are symbolized by the two fine old China bowls, one female and one male, that sit