
by Yasunari Kawabata · Austral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496580756
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Immerse yourself in the melancholy and eroticism of 'The Old Capital', a novel by Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata. The story follows Oki Toshio, a married writer who returns to Kyoto to confront his former lover, Otoko, and becomes embroiled in a drama of love and revenge orchestrated by Keiko, Otoko's young protégé. This Austral edition will transport you to 20th century Japan, exploring the complexities of human relationships and the destructive power of passion.

Yasunari Kawabata was a Japanese novelist and short story writer whose spare, lyrical, subtly-shaded prose works won him the 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Japanese author to receive the award. His works have enjoyed broad international appeal and are still widely read.