| Palm-Of-The-Hand Stories Contributor(s): Kawabata, Yasunari (Author), Dunlop, Lane (Translator), Holman, J. Martin (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0374530491 ISBN-13: 9780374530495 Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: 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 Stories"--written over the span of his career. In them we find loneliness, love, and the passage of time, demonstrating the range and complexity of a true master of short fiction. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: FSG Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.60 lbs) 259 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 Stories--written over the span of his career. In them we find loneliness, love, and the passage of time, demonstrating the range and complexity of a true master of short fiction. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kawabata, Yasunari: - Yasunari Kawabata was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1899 and before World War II had established himself as his country's leading novelist. Among his major works are Snow Country, A Thousand Cranes, and The Master of Go. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968, he died in 1972. |