He had thought on the train of sending his head to a laundr… - Yasunari Kawabata

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He had thought on the train of sending his head to a laundry, it was true, but he had been drawn not so much to the idea of the laundered head as to that of the sleeping body. A very pleasant sleep, with head detached.

Yasunari Kawabata

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Yasunari Kawabata [川端康成 Kawabata Yasunari] (14 June 1899 – 16 April 1972) was a Japanese short story writer and novelist known for his spare, lyrical, and subtly-shaded prose. In 1968 he became the first Japanese writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Native Name: 川端康成

Alternative Names: Kawabata Yasunari • KAWABATA Yasunari

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