Natsume Soseki (1867-1916) is widely considered the foremost novelist of the Meiji era.
Meredith McKinney is the translator of the Penguin Classics editions of The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon and Natsume Soseki's Kusamakura. She teaches in Japan Centre at the Australian National University.
Kokoro
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- ISBN-13: 9780895267153
- Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
- Publication date: 07/01/1996
- Pages: 248
- Sales rank: 20,987
- Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)
- Lexile: 890L (what's this?)
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"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."
—Anthony West, The New Yorker
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