Books of Some Substance

6 - Between Poetry and Prose: Kawabata's Palm of the Hand Stories


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Memory as time travel. Enigmatic lovers. The comfort of objects. A ghostly romantic comedy. Each, one of Yasunari Kawabata's Palm of the Hand stories under discussion. Each description merely a scratch at the surface of meaning and depth found in these subtle, quiet works.

On this shortened episode, as B.O.S.S. prepares for Kawabata's The Sound of the Mountain, David, Nathan, and Nick look at four of the reductionist vignettes: "A Sunny Place," "Sleeping Habit," "The Silver Fifty-Sen Pieces," and "Immortality."

Between poetry and prose lies a different form. Between the past and the future is the now. Within the now is all time, all meaning. Or, something like that…

As always, read the stories and give us a listen.

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