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Jan 10, 2006 yasunari kawabata won the nobel prize for literature, in 1968. Yasunari kawabata was born near osaka in 1899 and was orphaned at the age of two. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 624 pages and is available in paperback format. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. The old capital by yasunari kawabata fantastic fiction. Yasunari kawabata author yasunari kawabata was born in osaka, japan, in 1899 and before the second world war had established himself as his countrys leading novelist. By the late nobel prizewinning author of the master of go published here in 1972, this novel was first published in japan in 1962. The main characters of this economics, philosophy story are. Martin holman the title of this book refers to kyoto, which is indeed a former capital of japan and the site for the action of this quite characteristically japanese slim novel.
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