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Palm-of-the-Hand Stories Information
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Palm-of-the-Hand Stories (掌の小説, Tenohira no Shōsetsu?) is the name Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata gave to more than 140 short stories he wrote over his long career, the earliest published in the 1920 and the last appearing posthumously in...


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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Cholesterol count as easy as reading palm of hand
07/15/2002: 396 words, approx. 1 pages
Cholesterol count as easy as reading palm of hand By LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press Monday, July 15, 2002 Washington -- Health officials approved the nation's first skin test for cholesterol, a system that detects the heart-clogging substance through the palm of...
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The Washington Times
Palm-of-the-hand test helps control weight.(FAMILY TIMES)
07/24/2005: 618 words, approx. 2 pages
Byline: Gabriella Boston, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Doctors, nutritionists and other health and fitness professionals agree that children at weight-loss camps often lose weight in the short-term. The challenge, however, is to keep the weight off in the months and years following camp....
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Review by Marian Ury
959 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following review, Ury praises the stories in Kawabata's Palm-of-the-Hand Stories.
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Critical Essay by Martin Lebowitz
839 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following essay, Lebowitz discusses the prevalent themes in Kawabata's The Palm-of-the-Hand Stories, and how their compactness "reflects elements at once of primitivism and sophistication."
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Critical Review by Paul Anderer
703 words, approx. 2 pages
In the following review, Anderer discusses the style and themes of Kawabata's Palm-of-the-Hand Stories.
 


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