The old capital
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Author
Publication
1987 - North Point Press, San Francisco, California
Language
English
Word Count
41,000 words, Guess
Page Count
164 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL2744558M
- ISBN-100865472785
- OCLC Control Number15726729
- OCLC Control Numberoldcapital00kawarich
- Library of Congress Control Number86062836
and 2 more
- LibraryThing3311898
- Goodreads1623449
Classifications
- DDC895.6/34
- LCCPL832.A9 K613 1987
Description
This novel tells the story of Chieko, the adopted daughter of a Kyoto kimono designer, Takichiro, and his wife, Shige. Since her youth, Chieko has been told that she was kidnapped as a baby by the couple in a moment of profound desire. When she is twenty, however, she learns that she was actually a foundling, abandoned by her real parents. Still, the love and affection Takichiro and Shige have given her satisfy her heart and she has no desire to seek out her biological parents--until she makes a startling discovery before the altar of Yasaka shrine. This work was specifically cited by the Nobel committee as one of the three novels for which the author was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968.
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