{"product_id":"palm-of-the-hand-stories-9780374530495","title":"Palm-Of-The-Hand Stories","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50625526628626,"sku":"9780374530495","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2b064987-08a4-49f9-94e2-da503f73b3f5.jpg?v=1732631204","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/palm-of-the-hand-stories-9780374530495","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}