{"product_id":"palm-of-the-hand-stories-paperback","title":"Palm-Of-The-Hand Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYasunari Kawabata\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLane Dunlop\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eJ. Martin Holman\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecipient 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYasunari Kawabata\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1899 and before World War II had established himself as his country's leading novelist. Among his major works are \u003ci\u003eSnow Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Cranes\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Master of Go\u003c\/i\u003e. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968, he died in 1972.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42138530676816,"sku":"9780374530495","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/b3VDT09UYjJiM1kwcUgyNTFCUDFlQT09.webp?v=1774169471","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/palm-of-the-hand-stories-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}