In fact they are considered almost social outcasts and come close to being just prostitutes - at least that was the case in the 1930’s, the time of this story. We are told in the translator’s Introduction that the snow country geisha catering to the ski lodge and hot spring clientele in winter are second class geisha compared to the urban geisha in Japan. In the town, the overhangs of buildings over the sidewalks form a tunnel through the snow in winter.
In elegant, shimmering prose, Sebastian Faulks has produced a work of timeless resonance.If you like a “ski” read instead of a “beach” read, this is for you! The setting is the mountain slopes of western Japan, one of the snowiest regions of the world – up to 15 feet of winter snow is common. Sweeping across Europe as it recovers from one war and hides its face from the coming of another, SNOW COUNTRY is a landmark novel of exquisite yearnings, dreams of youth and the sanctity of hope. In this place of healing, on the banks of a silvery lake, where the depths of human suffering and the chances of redemption are explored, two people will see each other as if for the first time. Lena leaves her metropolitan dream behind to take a menial job at the snow-bound sanatorium, the Schloss Seeblick.ġ933: Still struggling to come terms with the loss of so many friends on the Eastern Front, Anton, now an established writer, is commissioned by a magazine to visit the mysterious Schloss Seeblick. She is convinced she can amount to nothing until a young lawyer, Rudolf Plischke, spirits her away to Vienna. Until his country declares war on hers.ġ927: For Lena, life with a drunken mother in a small town has been impoverished and cold. Entranced by the light of first love, Anton feels himself blessed. While working part-time as a private tutor, he encounters Delphine, a woman who mixes startling candour with deep reserve.
1914: Young Anton Heideck has arrived in Vienna, eager to make his name as a journalist.
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