小説むすび | 著者 : JMartinHolman

著者 : JMartinHolman

The Old CapitalThe Old Capital

川端康成の長編小説『古都』英文版。The Old Capital 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 ben 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.

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