Snow Country...an interesting story to say the least. When I was finally finished with the short novel I was left with a feeling as though more could be written. However, when we discussed it in class I understood that the "unfinished" is beautiful to the Japanese. Still though, there was something lacking to me. The first half was a great first half and, as we talked about in class, could've been the whole thing. Now I don't want you to be getting the wrong idea from this post. I enjoyed reading the story and I enjoyed the idea and the complexities and unsolvable triangles of it. I just didn't understand the lack of a completed thought at the ending. Sometimes when I reread the end I feel as though I'm grasping at something that I can't quite touch and I don't know what it is either.
One final thought, why the bugs? What was so interesting about a bunch of dead bugs? I get that he was bored and that the bugs are a metaphor, but wouldn't just one description have done the job?
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