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Kawabata Yasunari - 1962 - Koto ovvero i giovani amanti dell'antica città imperiale by Kawabata Yasunari is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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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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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Kawabata Yasunari
- Publisher
- BUR Biblioteca University Rizzoli
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- IT
- ISBN
- 9788817106061
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 3.8 / 5 (22 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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