Yasunari Kawabata



Yasunari Kawabata

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born December 13, 1901
died April 16, 1972
gender male
place of birth Osaka, Japan

about this author

Awarded the 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind."

books by Yasunari Kawabata

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avg rating: 3.96 | 1603 ratings | 36 distinct works
Snow Country Snow Country (Paperback)
by Yasunari Kawabata
avg rating 3.90 — 493 ratings — published 1996
12 editions
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Thousand Cranes Thousand Cranes (Paperback)
by Yasunari Kawabata
avg rating 3.89 — 213 ratings — published 1996
7 editions
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Beauty and Sadness Beauty and Sadness (Paperback)
by Yasunari Kawabata
avg rating 3.95 — 171 ratings — published 1996
11 editions
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Palm-of-the-Hand Stories Palm-of-the-Hand Stories (Paperback)
by Yasunari Kawabata
avg rating 4.33 — 129 ratings — published 2006
5 editions
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The Master of Go The Master of Go (Paperback)
by Yasunari Kawabata
avg rating 3.83 — 115 ratings — published 1996
8 editions
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The Sound of the Mountain The Sound of the Mountain (Paperback)
by Yasunari Kawabata
avg rating 4.07 — 100 ratings — published 1996
10 editions
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House of the Sleeping Beauties... House of the Sleeping Beauties And Other Stories (Paperback)
by Yasunari Kawabata
avg rating 4.04 — 98 ratings — published 2006
13 editions
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The Old Capital The Old Capital (Paperback)
by Yasunari Kawabata
avg rating 3.80 — 51 ratings — published 2006
3 editions
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The Dancing Girl of Izu and Ot... The Dancing Girl of Izu and Other Stories (Paperback)
by Yasunari Kawabata
avg rating 4.00 — 44 ratings — published 2002
2 editions
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The Lake The Lake (Paperback)
by Yasunari Kawabata
avg rating 3.97 — 38 ratings — published 2004
8 editions
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