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The Old Capital is one of the three novels cited specifically by the Nobel Committee when they awarded Kawabata the Nobel Prize for Literature in With the ethereal tone and aesthetic styling characteristic of Kawabata's prose, The Old Capital tells the story of Chieko, the adopted daughter of a Kyoto kimono designer, Takichiro, and his wife, Shige/5. The Old Capital is one of the three novels cited specifically by the Nobel Committee when they awarded Yasunari Kawabata the Nobel Prize for Literature in With the ethereal tone and aesthetic styling characteristic of Kawabata’s prose, The Old Capital tells the story of Chieko, the adopted daughter of a Kyoto kimono designer, Takichiro, and his wife, www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 1 min. The Old Capital is one of the three novels cited specifically by the Nobel Committee when they awarded Yasunari Kawabata the Nobel Prize for Literature in With the ethereal tone and aesthetic styling characteristic of Kawabata's prose, The Old Capital tells the story of Chieko, the adopted daughter of a Kyoto kimono designer, Takichiro, and his wife, Shige/5(90).

The Old Capital (Hardcover) Published May 1st by North Point Press. Hardcover, pages. Author (s): Yasunari Kawabata, J. Martin Holman (Translator) ISBN: (ISBN ) Edition language. The Old Capital by Kawabata, Yasunari and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru Yasunari Kawabata is widely recognized as one of the most significant figures in modern Japanese literature. The Old Capital was one of three novels specifically cited when he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in First alinea: Chieko discovered the violets flowering on the trunk of the old maple tree. "Ah.

The Old Capital (古都, Koto) is a novel by Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata first published in It was one of three novels cited by the Nobel Committee in their decision to award Kawabata the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Old Capital was first translated into English in by J. Martin Holman. The Old Capital by Yasunari Kawabata (translated by J Martin Holman) is my the six Japanese novel for The Japanese Literature Challenge III challenge. Yansunaru Kawabata was the first Japanese novelist to win the Nobel prize, winning in Yasunari Kawabata: 古都 (The Old Capital) This novel was not published in English till twenty-five years after it was first published in Japanese, when it had already been published in many other languages and had been specifically cited by the Nobel Prize Committee as the one that made the deepest impression in the author’s native country and abroad.