The Nobel Prize Library: Yasunari Kawabata, Rudyard Kipling, Sinclair Lewis
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Author: Yasunari Kawabata, Rudyard Kipling, Sinclair Lewis
Binding: Hardback
Published: Alexis Gregory and CRM Publishing, 1971
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
This volume from the Nobel Prize Library presents a curated selection of works and biographical commentary on three literary giants: Yasunari Kawabata, Rudyard Kipling, and Sinclair Lewis. Kawabata’s prose illustrates the delicate tension between beauty and melancholy in postwar Japan, while Kipling’s narratives chronicle imperial ambition and cultural complexity with rhythmic precision and moral ambiguity. Lewis instructs readers in the hypocrisies and aspirations of middle-class America, arguing for literature as a vehicle of social critique. The volume contextualizes each author’s Nobel recognition, detailing their stylistic innovations and cultural impact.
Author: Yasunari Kawabata, Rudyard Kipling, Sinclair Lewis
Binding: Hardback
Published: Alexis Gregory and CRM Publishing, 1971
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
This volume from the Nobel Prize Library presents a curated selection of works and biographical commentary on three literary giants: Yasunari Kawabata, Rudyard Kipling, and Sinclair Lewis. Kawabata’s prose illustrates the delicate tension between beauty and melancholy in postwar Japan, while Kipling’s narratives chronicle imperial ambition and cultural complexity with rhythmic precision and moral ambiguity. Lewis instructs readers in the hypocrisies and aspirations of middle-class America, arguing for literature as a vehicle of social critique. The volume contextualizes each author’s Nobel recognition, detailing their stylistic innovations and cultural impact.