a classic novel of Japan Natsume, Soseki creator author. McClellan, Edwin translator. Vincent, J. Keith other. text vtu Tokyo North Clarendon Tuttle Publishing 2025 First tuttle edition. monographic eng

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238 pages ; 20 cm ""Natsume Soseki is the representative modern Japanese novelist, a figure of truly national stature." -Haruki Murakami A chance encounter irrevocably links a university student to an older man he simply calls Sensei ("Teacher"). Intrigued by Sensei's aloofness, the student visits him with increasing frequency, and Sensei and his beautiful wife eventually open their home and lives to him. The student graduates and is called home to care for his dying father, but Sensei draws him back with a letter revealing a secret that has shadowed him since youth. Written in 1914, toward the end of Soseki's career, Kokoro provides a timeless psychological analysis of man's alienation from society. It is recognized as one of his most important works and a milestone in the emergence of the psychological novel in Japan. Its universal themes of friendship, betrayal and the struggle for meaning in a rapidly changing world continue to resonate today"-- Soseki Natsume ; translated by Edwin McClellan ; Introduction by J. Keith Vincent. First tuttle edition, 1969. AAL Friendship Fiction Japan Social conditions 1912-1945 Fiction Japan History Taishō period, 1912-1926 Fiction 895.6342 9784805319796 2025933943 Ayesha Abed Library DLC 260511 20260511170302.0 45755 eng