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Chieko discovered the violets flowering on the trunk of the old maple tree. The first edition of the novel was published in 1962, and was written by yasunari kawabata. My copy of the old capital came to me as a christmas present from a friend and fellow reader. The sound of the mountain by kawabata, yasunari ebook. Yasunari kawabata is widely recognized as one of the most significant figures in modern japanese literature. This morning i read another short story by one of the greats of 20th century japanese literature, yasunari kawabata 1899 to 1972nobel prize 1968.
The old capital is one of the three novels cited specifically by t. Ni yasunari kawabata kawabata yasunari, hunio 14, 1899 abril 16, 1972 ket maysa a hapon a nobelista a dagiti lirikal ken naannayas a prosana ket nangpangabak kenkuana iti premio nobel iti literatura idi 1968. The previous year, i had read his collection of stories called the dancing girl of izu. Mar 02, 2010 the old capital by yasunari kawabata march 2, 2010 by rebecca reid nobel laureate 1968 yasunari kawabata is obviously talented at describing scenes, and there was, in the old capital, something refreshing about a slowpaced story of a young woman coming into a realization of herself. To the western reader casually acquainted with things japanese, yasunari kawabatas the old capital strikes an intensely foreign chord.
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