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Author Yasunari Kawabata was born in Osaka, Japan on June 14, 1899. He experienced numerous family deaths during his childhood including his parents, a sister, and his grandparents. He graduated from the Tokyo Imperial University in March 1924. He wrote both short stories including The Dancing Girl of Izu and novels including The Sound of the Mountains, Snow Country, Thousand Cranes, and The Old Capital. In 1959, he received the Goethe Medal in Frankfurt and in 1968 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. He committed suicide on April 16, 1972. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Snow Country… (more)
Snow Country 3,152 copies, 84 reviews
Thousand Cranes 1,656 copies, 59 reviews
The Master of Go 1,233 copies, 36 reviews
Beauty and Sadness 1,202 copies, 34 reviews
The Sound of the Mountain 1,182 copies, 17 reviews
Palm-of-the-Hand Stories 786 copies, 13 reviews
The Old Capital 680 copies, 18 reviews
House of the Sleeping Beauties 549 copies, 20 reviews
The Lake 379 copies, 10 reviews
First Snow on Fuji 320 copies, 7 reviews
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa 186 copies, 1 review
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter 173 copies, 8 reviews
The Dancing Girl of Izu (Author) 154 copies, 3 reviews
The Izu Dancer and Other Stories 131 copies, 3 reviews
Snow Country / Thousand Cranes 99 copies, 2 reviews
Dandelions 80 copies, 4 reviews
Immagini di cristallo 34 copies, 1 review
Il disegno del piviere 18 copies, 2 reviews
L'Adolescent 15 copies
Arcobaleni 12 copies, 1 review
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Romanzi e racconti 7 copies, 1 review
Un brazo 6 copies
千羽鶴 2 copies
女性開眼 2 copies
Le opere 2 copies, 1 review
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山の音 2 copies
古都 1 copy
雪鄉 1 copy
雪国 1 copy
名人 1 copy
Opere 1 copy
千羽鶴 1 copy

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