Book · 1962 · Fiction

The Old Capital

Shoemaker & Hoard · 160 pages
★ 6.3 editorial score

Chieko, a foundling raised by a Kyoto kimono merchant, meets the twin sister who logs cedar in the mountains. Kawabata carries them through a year of festivals in a city losing its crafts.

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