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Although "Canaries" is probably the most anthologized of Kawabata's stories, I found a other treasures in this...more...]]> 72021532 1088872 14031 0374530491 9780374530495 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740m/14031.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740s/14031.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14031.Palm_of_the_Hand_Stories 4.24 292 1988 5 1 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 13:12:54 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 13:14:06 -0700 2009
Talismans Inside Koans Masquerading as Fairy Tales: Yasunari Kawabata’s Palm-of-the-Hand Stories

The toss of a silver coin determines whom a boy should marry, but a sparrow shows the boy that in h...more...]]> 38829745 1187420 668439 9500427389 9789500427388 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1234129634m/668439.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1234129634s/668439.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/668439.Historias_En_La_Palma_de_La_Mano 4.00 6 1988 4 0 false Mon Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 16:27:47 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 16:36:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 56981428 177811 14031 0374530491 9780374530495 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740m/14031.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740s/14031.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14031.Palm_of_the_Hand_Stories 4.24 292 1988 5 1 false Fri May 22 12:33:08 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 12:38:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 63157747 1421798 14031 0374530491 9780374530495 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740m/14031.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740s/14031.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14031.Palm_of_the_Hand_Stories 4.24 292 1988 5 0 true Sun Jul 12 10:25:25 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 16:08:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 25607921 1165121 14031 0374530491 9780374530495 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740m/14031.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740s/14031.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14031.Palm_of_the_Hand_Stories 4.24 292 1988 5 1 false Sat Jul 26 22:41:13 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 17:29:22 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 22:41:13 -0700 2008 38567324 1250038 14031 0374530491 9780374530495 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740m/14031.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740s/14031.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14031.Palm_of_the_Hand_Stories 4.24 292 1988 5 0 false Mon Nov 24 16:10:57 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 16:11:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2694053 98866 14031 0374530491 9780374530495 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740m/14031.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740s/14031.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14031.Palm_of_the_Hand_Stories 4.24 292 1988 4 0 false Tue Jul 03 20:57:26 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 23:34:40 -0800 2009
The introduction dutifully informs us that "Kawabata is only the second autho...more...]]> 48633352 2060572 14031 0374530491 9780374530495 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740m/14031.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740s/14031.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14031.Palm_of_the_Hand_Stories 4.24 292 1988 2 0 false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Mar 08 16:49:07 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 16:49:07 -0700 2009 9093923 92454 14031 0374530491 9780374530495 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740m/14031.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740s/14031.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14031.Palm_of_the_Hand_Stories 4.24 292 1988 3 0 false Wed Nov 14 05:42:05 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 14 05:48:16 -0800 2007 These stories epitomize Kawabata's attempts to capture a powerful and ambiguous experience as essentially as possible. They are very short, intriguing, ambiguous little stories. Some of them are excellent. But since they dont gratify you in most of the normal ways (plot elements, character dev...more...]]> 65065729 2524259 14031 0374530491 9780374530495 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740m/14031.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740s/14031.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14031.Palm_of_the_Hand_Stories 4.24 292 1988 4 0 false Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 18:35:46 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 10:18:18 -0700 2009 ]]> 9047125 88065 14031 0374530491 9780374530495 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740m/14031.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740s/14031.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14031.Palm_of_the_Hand_Stories 4.24 292 1988 2 0 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 13 07:07:28 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 13 07:07:33 -0800 2007 more...]]> 33618954 1373161 14031 0374530491 9780374530495 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740m/14031.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740s/14031.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14031.Palm_of_the_Hand_Stories 4.24 292 1988 5 0 false Tue Sep 23 10:59:14 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 22:10:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 692237 53613 14031 0374530491 9780374530495 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740m/14031.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740s/14031.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14031.Palm_of_the_Hand_Stories 4.24 292 1988 5 0 false Thu Apr 12 12:25:30 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 30 07:43:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4674016 285587 14031 0374530491 9780374530495 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740m/14031.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740s/14031.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14031.Palm_of_the_Hand_Stories 4.24 292 1988 5 0 false Thu Aug 16 20:45:35 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 05:36:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 20366464 811567 14031 0374530491 9780374530495 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740m/14031.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740s/14031.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14031.Palm_of_the_Hand_Stories 4.24 292 1988 5 0 false Thu Apr 17 06:43:26 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 18:59:44 -0700 2008 25120914 942080 14031 0374530491 9780374530495 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740m/14031.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740s/14031.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14031.Palm_of_the_Hand_Stories 4.24 292 1988 4 0 false Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 10:02:22 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 21:42:30 -0700 2008 75500857 292640 14031 0374530491 9780374530495 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740m/14031.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740s/14031.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14031.Palm_of_the_Hand_Stories 4.24 292 1988 4 0 false Wed Dec 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Oct 23 10:54:26 -0700 2009 Thu Dec 24 20:01:34 -0800 2009 14398978 868330 14031 0374530491 9780374530495 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740m/14031.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740s/14031.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14031.Palm_of_the_Hand_Stories 4.24 292 1988 5 0 false Fri May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Feb 02 16:37:49 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 16:38:42 -0800 2008 29267076 801827 14031 0374530491 9780374530495 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740m/14031.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575740s/14031.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14031.Palm_of_the_Hand_Stories 4.24 292 1988 3 0 false Mon Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 18:56:51 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 16:44:34 -0700 2008 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=14031