Kokoro
«Soseki is the representative modern Japanese novelist, a figure of truly national stature»
Haruki Murakami
'Exactly what you would ask a novel to be' Spectator
In the seaside city of Kamakura, a student is drawn to an enigmatic older man who swims at the same beach. The man becomes his Sensei. Against a backdrop of the rapid modernisation of Japan, their relationship endures - until one day, the young man receives a letter that divulges the full story of his Sensei's past.
Les mer'Exactly what you would ask a novel to be' Spectator
In the seaside city of Kamakura, a student is drawn to an enigmatic older man who swims at the same beach. The man becomes his Sensei. Against a backdrop of the rapid modernisation of Japan, their relationship endures - until one day, the young man receives a letter that divulges the full story of his Sensei's past.
One of Japan's most admired and bestselling modern classics, Kokoro is a psychologically rich, delicately drawn meditation on loneliness, desire and duty.
Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.
Translated by Edwin McClellan.
Natsume Soseki (1867-1916) was one of Japan's most prominent novelists of the Meiji Era. After studying in England on a government scholarship, Soseki began a career at Tokyo University as a scholar of English literature before later devoting himself to his writing. He is best known for his works I Am a Cat, Kusamakura, Botchan and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. From 1984 until 2004, his portrait appeared on the front of the Japanese 1,000-yen note.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Pushkin Press Classics
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781805330585
- Utgivelsesår
- 2024
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Om forfatteren
Natsume Soseki (1867-1916) was one of Japan's most prominent novelists of the Meiji Era. After studying in England on a government scholarship, Soseki began a career at Tokyo University as a scholar of English literature before later devoting himself to his writing. He is best known for his works I Am a Cat, Kusamakura, Botchan and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. From 1984 until 2004, his portrait appeared on the front of the Japanese 1,000-yen note.
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«Soseki is the representative modern Japanese novelist, a figure of truly national stature»
Haruki Murakami
«Kokoro is exactly what you would ask a novel to be... Soseki manipulates every detail with the same thrilling mastery'»
Spectator
«Sparsely populated, simple but perfect... it is a melancholy but stoical study in loneliness»
Sunday Telegraph
«This elegant novel...suffuses the reader with a sense of old Japan»
Los Angeles Times