{"product_id":"9784805317976","title":"The Old Capital","description":"Author: Yasunari Kawabata\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9784805317976\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Berkeley Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jan 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 172\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Old Capital\u003c\/i\u003e is of one of the three works for which Yasunari Kawabata won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Set in Kyoto - the old capital of Japan for a thousand years - this lyric novel traces the life of Chieko, the beloved adopted daughter of a kimono designer and his wife. Believing that she had been kidnapped by the couple as a baby, Chieko learns one day that she was instead a foundling, left abandoned on a doorstep. Happy with her adopted parents, however, her security and contentment remain undisturbed until an answered prayer at the famous Yasaka Shrine dramatically alters the course of her life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Kawabata's novels are among the most affecting and original works of our time.\u0026amp;#x27; - Ivan Morris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Yasunari Kawabata...weaves in countless quintessentially Japanese motifs, from the Bamboo Cutting Ceremony and the Imperial Offering of Cucumbers. Suddenly, though, in the middle of all this, a Sony radio starts to chatter, and the story's elegiac, and prophetic, depth is doubled.\u0026amp;#x27; - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46875666808990,"sku":"ADS-9784805317976","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9784805317976.jpg?v=1779755304","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9784805317976","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}