Kusamakura - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Natsume Soseki, Meredith McKinney (Translator), Meredith McKinney (Introduction by)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2008-01-29Pages:176
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780143105190ISBN-10:143105191UPC:9780143105190Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Classics, PsychologicalSize:7.04 x 5.56 x 0.45 inchesWeight:0.3109Product ID:SCJGE6K1K0
Kusamakura
A stunning new English translation--the first in more than forty years--of a major novel by the father of modern Japanese fiction Natsume Soseki's Kusamakura--meaning "grass pillow"--follows its nameless young artist-narrator on a meandering walking tour of the mountains. At the inn at a hot spring resort, he has a series of mysterious encounters with Nami, the lovely young daughter of the...
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780143105190ISBN-10:143105191UPC:9780143105190Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Classics, PsychologicalSize:7.04 x 5.56 x 0.45 inchesWeight:0.3109Product ID:SCJGE6K1K0
Natsume Soseki (1867-1916), one of Japan's most influential modern writers, is widely considered the foremost novelist of the Meiji era (1868-1914) and a master of psychological fiction. As well as his works of fiction, his essays, haiku, and kanshi have been influential and are popular even today. Meredith McKinney (translator) holds a PhD in medieval Japanese literature from the University in...
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