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Paperback Books by Yasunari Kawabata
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| Palm-of-the-Hand Stories |
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| by Yasunari Kawabata |
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| Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968, the novelist Yasunari Kawabata felt the essence of his art was to be found not in his longer works but in a series of short stories—which he called “Palm-of-the-Hand... Read More |
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| Publication Date: November 2006 |
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| The Old Capital |
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| by Yasunari Kawabata |
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| The Old Capital is one of the three novels cited specifically by the Nobel Committee when they awarded Kawabata the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968. With the ethereal tone and aesthetic styling characteristic of Kawabata's prose,... Read More |
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| Publication Date: January 2006 |
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| Publication Date: May 2004 |
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| Publication Date: September 2002 |
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| First Snow on Fuji |
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| by Yasunari Kawabata |
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| Although he was the first Japanese writer to win the Nobel Prize, Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972) remains much more obscure in the West than his high-profile protege Yukio Mishima. Yet he's a writer of formidable talents. For one thing,... Read More |
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| Publication Date: November 2000 |
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| Thousand Cranes |
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| by Yasunari Kawabata |
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| With a restraint that barely conceals the ferocity of his characters' passions, one of Japan's great postwar novelists tells the luminous story of Kikuji and the tea party he attends with Mrs. Ota, the rival of his dead father's mistress. A... Read More |
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| Publication Date: November 1996 |
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| The Master of Go |
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| by Yasunari Kawabata |
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| Records the struggles of the Master as he attempts to defend his title and ideals while playing a young challenger in the Japanese game of go |
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| Publication Date: June 1996 |
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| Publication Date: May 1996 |
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| Snow Country |
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| by Yasunari Kawabata |
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| To this haunting novel of wasted love, Kawabata brings the brushstroke suggestiveness and astonishing grasp of motive that earned him the Nobel Prize for Literature. As he chronicles the affair between a wealthy dilettante and the mountain... Read More |
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| Publication Date: January 1996 |
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| Publication Date: January 1996 |
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