Palm of the hand stories by kawabata, yasunari and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Kawabata s lyrical style is consistent throughout the stories. Each, one of yasunari kawabata s palm of the hand stories under discussion. 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 ofthe hand stories written over the span of his career. Yasunari kawabatas palmofthehand stories are taut tales of the. The earliest story was published in 1920 with the last appearing posthumously in 1972. His melancholic lyricism echoes an ancient japanese literary tradition in the modern idiom the sense of loneliness and preoccupation with death that permeates much of kawabata s mature writing possibly derives from the loneliness of his. In them we find loneliness, love, and the passage of time, demonstrating the range and complexity of a true master of. Palm ofthe hand stories by yasunari kawabata 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 ofthe hand stories written over the span of his career. He wrote over 140 shorts stories over his career and thought his shorts works expressed the essence of his art better than his longer works.
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Thank you, a masterpiece of minimalist expression made into a movie. But according to kawabata himself, the essence of his art was to be found in a series of short stories which he called palm ofthe hand stories written over the entire span of his career. Palmofthehand stories is a collection of 70 very brief stories by nobel prize winner yasunari kawabata that were written between the early. Palm ofthe hand stories by kawabata, yasunari, 1988, north point press edition, hardcover in. Recipient of the nobel prize in literature in 1968, the n. The wouldbe painter, the lover of cubism, surrealism and dada. Martin holman winner of the nobel prize in literature in 1968, yasunari kawabata is perhaps best known in the united states for his deeply incisive, marvelously lyrical novel snow country. Apparently, most stories in palm ofthe hand stories. Palm of the hand by yasunari kawabata fantastic fiction. He won the nobel prize for literature in 1968 for his novels but kawabata himself prized most the abbreviated, intense works of fiction he called palm ofthe hand stories. Buy palm ofthe hand stories fsg classics by kawabata, yasunari from amazons fiction books store.
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