I once heard
the great Long Island author Nelson Demille speak at the BookExpo in New York
City. He fielded some questions, and one
audience member asked a question about the work habits Demille employed to
bring his latest book to light.
“Ah,”
Demille answered, “a question about the writing process!”
Monday
evening’s discussion will be on the story “First Snow on Mount Fuji,” by Japanese
author Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972). Above
is a photograph of Kawabata at work. Need
I say any more about Kawabata’s “writing process”?
Let the
photo serve as a clue to the beauty, hidden or otherwise, in this story.
