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A review by sjchampa
The Old Capital by Yasunari Kawabata
4.0
Read this for a bookclub. This is a novella at less than 200 pages.
This is set in the traditional city of the old capital in Japan, Kyoto. It is a story of Chieko, the adopted daughter of a kimono designer and his wife. Chieko was told that the childless couple kidnapped her in a moment of profound desire. When Chieko learns unsetling truths about her past, her life of love and affections is thrown in disarray. Lot's of Japanese history.
This is a great deal about the old versus the new, traditions versus's new ways of doing things. This is written a lot in poetry form which is difficult for me. The bookclub members absolutely loved this book.
This is set in the traditional city of the old capital in Japan, Kyoto. It is a story of Chieko, the adopted daughter of a kimono designer and his wife. Chieko was told that the childless couple kidnapped her in a moment of profound desire. When Chieko learns unsetling truths about her past, her life of love and affections is thrown in disarray. Lot's of Japanese history.
This is a great deal about the old versus the new, traditions versus's new ways of doing things. This is written a lot in poetry form which is difficult for me. The bookclub members absolutely loved this book.