Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata

Published 1949 · 174 pages · 28,152 words · about 2 hours at an average pace · Literary Fiction

How hard is Thousand Cranes to read?

Thousand Cranes scores 5.9 out of 10 for difficulty, making it quite demanding.

  • Vocabulary complexity: 5.5 out of 10
  • Sentence structure: 5.8 out of 10
  • Abstract concepts: 6.5 out of 10
  • Information density: 5.2 out of 10

Literary standing

Thousand Cranes holds a literary regard score of 7.3 out of 10 on ReadingRate, reflecting its canonical status, critical acclaim, and influence.

About the author

Yasunari Kawabata