{"product_id":"palm-of-the-hand-stories","title":"Palm-of-the-Hand Stories","description":"Translated by Lane Dunlop and J. Martin Holman\n\nWinner 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. But according to Kawabata himself, the essence of his art was to be found in a series of short stories-which he called \"Palm-of-the-Hand Stories\"-written over the entire span of his career. He began experimenting with the form in 1923 and returned to it often. In fact, his final work was a \"palm-sized\" reduction of Snow Country, written not long before his suicide in 1972. Dreamlike, intensely atmospheric, at times autobiographical and at others fantastical, these stories reflect Kawabata's abiding interest in the miniature, the wisp of plot reduced to the essential. In them we find loneliness, love, the passage of time, and death. Palm-of-the-Hand Stories captures the astonishing range and complexity of one of the century's greatest literary talents.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0865474125\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0865474125.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Kawabata, Yasunari|Holman, J. Martin|Dunlop, Lane\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43403510120509,"sku":"BVV.0865474125.A","price":8.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0865474125-0.jpg?v=1785186749","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/palm-of-the-hand-stories","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}