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“ ”As it became clear to Shimamura that he had from the start wanted only this woman, and that he had taken his usual roundabout way of saying so, he began to see himself as rather repulsive and the woman as all the more beautiful
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
¡El hombre es la medicina que da vida a la mujer! Todas las mujeres tienen que consumirla.
«Quando si vede un arcobaleno si ha l’impressione di essere tra la primavera e l’estate.»
I wonder what the retirement age is in the novel business.
The day you die.