num_pages: 176
description: Influential Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata has constructed an autobiography through his fiction with this new collection of stories that parallel major events and themes in his life. In the lyrical prose that is his signature, these 23 tales reflect Kawabata's keen perception, deceptive simplicity, and the deep melancholy that characterizes much of his work.
language: English
title: The Dancing Girl of Izu and Other Stories
titlecomplete: The Dancing Girl of Izu and Other Stories
genres: Asia, Short Stories, Nobel Prize, Japanese Literature, Novels, Asian Literature, Literature, Classics, Fiction, Japan
ratings_count: 3300
places: Japan
publisher: Counterpoint