Kokoro - by Natsume Soseki (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A nineteenth-century Japanese novel concerned with man's loneliness in the modern world.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The subject of 'Kokoro, ' which can be translated as 'the heart of things' or as 'feeling, ' is the delicate matter of the contrast between the meanings the various parties of a relationship attach to it. In the course of this exploration, Soseki brilliantly describes different levels of friendship, family relationships, and the devices by which men attempt to escape from their fundamental loneliness. The novel sustains throughout its length something approaching poetry, and it is rich in understanding and insight. The translation, by Edwin McClellan, is extremely good. <p/>--Anthony West, <i>The New Yorker</i><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><br>"One of the honorable ancestors of a brilliant generation of novels." --Donald Barr, <i>New York Times</i><br><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Natsume Soseki</b> (1867-1916) is one of the great writers of the modern world. Educated at Tokyo Imperial University, he was sent to England in 1900 as a government scholar. As one of the first Japanese writers to be influenced by Western culture, his various works are widely read in Japan, and contemporary authors in Japan continue to be influenced by his oeuvre, which also includes <i>The Gate</i>, <i>I Am a Cat</i>, <i>Sanshiro</i>, and <i>The Three Cornered World</i>. <p/><b>Edwin McClellan</b> is Professor of Japanese Literature at Yale University. His translation of <i>Kokoro</i>, presented here, has been selected for the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works.
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