"The Ancient Capital" Author: [Japanese] Kawabata Yasunari Publisher: Nanhai Publishing Company

◎ "The Ancient Capital" (2022 edition) is a completely new collection of Kawabata Yasunari's novels launched to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Nobel Prize winner in Literature Yasunari Kawabata.

◎ "The Old Capital" (2022 edition) is the only officially authorized version by Kawabata Yasunari's family. It was selected and edited by scholar Zhi'an and personally reviewed by Kawabata Yasunari's family. This book includes Kawabata Yasunari's Nobel Prize-winning work "The Old Capital", as well as six representative works including "Waltz of Flowers", "The Girl of Suruga", "The Locust and the Golden Biwa", "Hot Spring Inn", and "Spring Scene". Through these works, readers can feel the beautiful and lively side of Kawabata's literature, which is full of vigorous vitality, from many aspects such as human nature, youth, nature, art, and tradition, and further read and understand Kawabata Yasunari.

◎ "Ancient Capital" (2022 edition) specially invited Sun Rongcheng from the School of Japanese Language of Beijing Foreign Studies University and Dai Huan from the Japanese Language Department of Renmin University of China to jointly translate. While staying close to the original and paying tribute to the classics, it strives to bring readers a collection of Kawabata Yasunari's works that is more in line with the current sense of language and close to the times.

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For in-depth reading of Yasunari Kawabata, don’t miss "The Old Capital"!

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■Story Summary

In Kyoto, Chieko, the only daughter of a brocade merchant, grew up to be beautiful and strong. She had her own girlish thoughts and was troubled by the inheritance of the old shop and her own life experience.

On the night of the Gion Festival, she met a mountain village girl who looked exactly like her.

They look the same, but their identities are very different - is this encounter a trick of fate or a surprise?

■Editor's Recommendation

From cherry blossoms in full bloom to snow falling, it depicts the vigor of youth and the tenderness of human nature;

Depicting the poetry and depth of Kyoto, weaving the warmth and purity of life;

The emotions are surging and the soul is intense.

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The Selected Works of Kawabata Yasunari, the Nobel Prize winner in Literature, are immortal masterpieces that have swept the world

Special commemoration of the 50th anniversary, the only officially authorized version by Kawabata Yasunari's family, a new translation by scholars from prestigious universities

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【Authoritative version】

Special commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata, the only officially authorized edition

【Highlights】

The selection was led by scholar Zhi'an, and personally reviewed by Kawabata Yasunari's family!

★Includes 6 representative works including the Nobel Prize-winning "Ancient Capital", "Hot Spring Hotel" and "Waltz of Flowers"

【New Translation】

Specially invite experts and scholars from famous universities to translate together!

★ Beijing Foreign Studies University × Renmin University of China, Japanese Cultural Studies & Modern and Contemporary Literature Scholars Sun Rongcheng and Dai Huan

★ The two people translated and proofread each other, and carefully polished it against the Japanese original text to restore the pure beauty and poetry of the original work, presenting a new translation that fits the times

★ The two also co-translated works such as Kawabata Yasunari's "Snow Country", Mishima Yukio's "Confessions of a Mask", and Inoue Yasushi's "Dunhuang", which were widely praised by readers.

[Advanced Choice]

For in-depth reading of Yasunari Kawabata, don’t miss "The Old Capital"!

★ "Because the flower season is short, we must try our best to bloom." - Describes the vigor of youth, the passion of life, and the gentleness of human nature

★From youth, nature, tradition, art and other aspects, you can feel the pure and lively side of Kawabata's literature, which is full of vigorous vitality.

★ Kyoto is the hometown of Japan, and I want to write a novel to explore it. I want to write down the things that are gradually disappearing in the ancient capital. - Yasunari Kawabata

★Of all Kawabata Yasunari's novels, The Old Capital left the deepest impression. He depicted the poetry of the ancient capital in a gentle and humble way, but it was not sentimental and had its own moving charm. —— Nobel Prize in Literature Award Speech

【Word of mouth】

A century-old classic, beloved by readers around the world

★Profoundly influenced Yu Hua, Mo Yan, Wong Kar-wai, Feng Tang, and Yukio Mishima

★Recommended by Liang Wendao's program, it is praised as the postcard of Japanese literature and has been adapted into the screen four times!

★The theme that Kawabata Yasunari yearns for is always the same: the contrast between the loneliness of being human and the eternal beauty. This beauty flashes in the moment of love, just like lightning suddenly illuminating a tree full of flowers in the dark night. - Yukio Mishima

★ "The Ancient Capital" shows almost all the styles of Kyoto, taking us through the four seasons of this city from spring to winter. If you want to understand Kyoto, you might as well start with this book. —— Liang Wendao

【Elegant binding】

★The outer cover adopts the traditional Japanese [Yuzen dyeing] pattern, highlighting the beauty of classicism

★The inner cover adopts the traditional Japanese color [water color × light cherry color × rattan color] gradient rendering, showing the purity and beauty of the ancient capital

★The text is made of high-quality adhesive paper, which is soft to the touch, light and can be laid flat for comfortable reading

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