SOURCE: "The Asymmetrical Garden: Discovering Yasunari Kawabata," in Southwest Review, Vol. 74, No. 3, Summer, 1989, pp. 390-402.
In the following essay, Palmer examines Kawabata's Palm-of-the-Hand Stories in an attempt to demonstrate that the form the author employed in these pieces was much more congenial to his talents than the novel form.
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