Palm-of-the-Hand Stories, 3 novels & 1 Story book

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. 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. A Sunny Place -- The Weaker Vessel -- The Girl Who Approached The Fire -- A Saw And Childbirth -- The Grasshopper And The Bell Cricket -- The Ring -- Hair -- Canaries -- Harbor Town -- Photograph -- The White Flower -- The Incident Of The Dead Face -- Glass -- T The O-shin Jizō -- The Sliding Rock -- Thank You -- The Silverberry Thief -- Summer Shoes -- A Child's Viewpoint -- Love Suicides -- The Maidens' Prayers -- Toward Winter -- The Sparrow's Matchmaking -- The Hat Incident -- One Person's Happiness -- There Is A God -- Goldfish On The Roof -- Mother -- Morning Nails -- The Young Lady Of Suruga -- Yuriko -- God's Bones -- A Smile Outside The Night Stall -- The Blind Man And The Girl -- The Wife's Search -- Her Mother's Eye -- Thunder In Autumn -- Household -- The Rainy Station -- At The Pawnshop -- Lavatory Buddhahood -- The Man Who Did Not Smile -- Samurai Descendant -- The Rooster And The Dancing Girl -- Makeup -- The Bound Husband -- Sleeping Habit -- Umbrella -- Death Mask -- Faces -- The Younger Sister's Clothes -- The Wife Of The Autumn Wind -- A Pet Dog's Safe Birthing -- Hometown -- Water -- The Silver Fifty-sen Pieces -- Tabi -- The Jay -- Bamboo-leaf Boats -- Eggs -- The Snakes -- Autumn Rain -- The Neighbors -- Up In The Tree -- Riding Clothes -- Immortality -- Earth -- The White Horse -- Snow -- Gleanings From Snow Country. By Yasunari Kawabata ; Translated From The Japanese By Lane Dunlop And J. Martin Holman. Translation Of: Tenohira No Shōsetsu. 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 course of 50 years, here sensitively translated are 70 of them, most written in Kawabata's youth and usually no more than a page or two in length, though the last one, "Gleanings from Snow Country," is somewhat longer and was written just before Kawabata's suicide in 1972; it is a miniaturization of the highly praised novel of the same name. The tales are variously realistic, allegorical and fantastic; and, as in the novels, the principal themes are love, loneliness, social change, man's relation with nature and death. Each story exhibits some sharp and often subtle perception of life (in Kawabata's world, stillness can "resound" and men listening to a woman's laugh can experience "a strange kind of aural jealousy"); and each, like a haiku or classic Zen painting, suggests far more than it states Overview: Yasunari Kawabata (川端 康成) was a Japanese short story writer and novelist whose spare, lyrical, subtly-shaded prose works won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968, the first Japanese author to receive the award. His works have enjoyed broad international appeal and are still widely read.