Now, even more than the evening before, he could think of no one with whom to compare her. She had become absolute, beyond comparison. She had become decision and fate.
Yasunari KawabataAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist, Writer
- Nationality: japanese
- Born: June 14, 1899
- Died: April 16, 1972
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