The Dancing Girl of Izu and other Stories by Kawabata Yasunari

Author:Kawabata, Yasunari [Kawabata, Yasunari]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

"If you can break these clay vessels exactly in half with a bamboo sword, your arm is sufficiently skilled, and I shall bestow upon you the secrets of fencing."

Because I had nothing to use but a thick bamboo sword to knock down these unglazed vessels, they crumbled to dust. They would not break cleanly in two. I smashed them all, never looking aside, and when I came to my senses, every light was out. It was dark all around me. In other words, the swordsman had thus shown what a rascal he was, and I fled. Then I woke up.

I had dreamed a dream like this a number of times. When I consider it in connection with my aunt's story, I realize that the pain of having lost my parents as a child lurked within me, and that this dream was the manifestation of something inside me that still battled against that pain.

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