<p><b>The exquisite last novel from Nobel Prize-winning author Yasunari Kawabata</b><br><br>Ineko has lost the ability to see things. At first it was a ping-pong ball, then it was her fianc¿The doctors call it ''body blindness'', and she is placed in a psychiatric clinic to recover. As Ineko''s mother and fianc¿alk along the riverbank after visiting time, they wonder: is her condition a form of madness - or an expression of love? Exploring the distance between us, and what we say without words, Kawabata''s transcendent final novel is the last word from a master of Japanese literature. <br><br>''Lusciously peculiar'' <i>Paris Review</i></p>