false 14031 7 <div><div>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&#8212;which he called &#8220;Palm-of-the-Hand Stories&#8221;&#8212;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.</div></div> 1176229 1988 Palm-of-the-Hand Stories total:280|5:132|4:102|3:34|2:11|1:1| 280 1193 447 43 4 2 false false Thu Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 09:36:34 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 09:47:54 -0700 2008
Although "Canaries" is probably the most anthologized of Kawabata's stories, I found a other treasures in this...more...]]> 5 1 false 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...]]> 4 0 false 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...]]> 5 1 false false Fri May 22 12:33:08 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 12:38:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Sun Jul 12 10:25:25 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 16:08:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false 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 5 0 false false Mon Nov 24 16:10:57 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 16:11:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 03 20:57:26 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 03 21:06:50 -0700 2007
The introduction dutifully informs us that "Kawabata is only the second autho...more...]]> 2 0 false 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 3 0 false 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...]]> 4 0 false 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 ]]> 2 0 false 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...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 23 10:59:14 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 22:10:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 12 12:25:30 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 30 07:43:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 16 20:45:35 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 23:49:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 17 06:43:26 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 18:59:44 -0700 2008 4 0 false 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 5 0 false 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 3 0 false 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 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 16:52:31 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 28 17:54:21 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 01 16:52:31 -0700 2009