As he caught his footing, his head fell back, and the Milky Way flowed down inside him with a roar.
Yasunari Kawabata
Yasunari Kawabata (born June 14, 1899) was the first Japanese author to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was also a dedicated practitioner of Zen Buddhism, which was the centerpiece of his Nobel speech.
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Kawabata is an exquisite writer. What a treat to find him trolling down the fiction line looking for people who know about writing . . . one way or the other. Thank you for posting this!
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