Full name: The Dancing Girl of Izu and Other Stories

Author: Yasunari Kawabata Year: 1926 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Short Stories, Fiction, Classic Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781887178945 1887178945

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.