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View Plans“ ”For such a tiny death, the empty eight-mat room seemed enormous.
About Yasunari Kawabata
Yasunari Kawabata [川端 康成 Kawabata Yasunari] (14 June 1899 – 16 April 1972) was a Japanese short story writer and novelist known for his spare, lyrical, and subtly-shaded prose. In 1968 he became the first Japanese writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Additional quotes by Yasunari Kawabata
- Seara, înainte să adorm, închid ochii și număr bărbații pe care mi-ar plăcea să-i sărut. Îi număr folosind degetele. E distractiv. Când sunt mai puțin de cele zece degete mă simt tristă.
[...] and yet the woman's existence, her straining to live, came touching him like naked skin.
One can’t stop and suddenly speak to a complete stranger, can one?......When it happens I could die of sadness. I feel somehow empty and drained....