This author framed a story as a letter from a painter to his former mistress asking for permission to kill and bury his canaries.This author wrote a humorous tale about a peasant committing "stylish suicide" when he succumbs to back pain while usingthe facilities of his rival in the pay-toilet industry. In another of his stories, a boy who scalded his shoulder on a hot ball ofthe title substance at a factory job resents that his beloved did not marry him, even though he gave her a handmade vase. Thisauthor of "The White Flower" wrote a story in which schoolchildren wield colorful lanterns and a boy inadvertently offers agirl a rare species of insect. This author of "Glass" and "The Grasshopper and the Bell-Cricket" wrote a story whose narratoris shocked to discover that the dancer he was trying to court is an adolescent, when he accidentally sees her naked bathing ina river. For 10 poin
This author framed a story as a letter from a painter to his former mistress asking for permission to kill and bury his canaries.This author wrote a humorous tale about a peasant committing "stylish suicide" when he succumbs to back pain while usingthe facilities of his rival in the pay-toilet industry. In another of his stories, a boy who scalded his shoulder on a hot ball ofthe title substance at a factory job resents that his beloved did not marry him, even though he gave her a handmade vase. Thisauthor of "The White Flower" wrote a story in which schoolchildren wield colorful lanterns and a boy inadvertently offers agirl a rare species of insect. This author of "Glass" and "The Grasshopper and the Bell-Cricket" wrote a story whose narratoris shocked to discover that the dancer he was trying to court is an adolescent, when he accidentally sees her naked bathing ina river. For 10 points, name this Japanese author of "The Dancing Girl of Izu" whose collection Palm-Of-The-Hand Storiesincludes an early version of his novel Snow Country.
This author framed a story as a letter from a painter to his former mistress asking for permission to kill and bury his canaries.
Yasunari Kawabata