Description: A fascinating discovery, Kawabata's unfinished final novel Dandelions is a great master's last word
Brief description: Best known in the West for such novels as Snow Country, Beauty and Sadness, and A Thousand Cranes, Yasunari Kawabata was born in Osaka in 1899. In 1968 he became the first Japanese writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Review Quotes: Kawabata's novels are among the most affecting and original works of our time.--The New York Times Book Review