About the Author: SÅseki Natsume
Natsume SÅseki (å¤ç›® 漱石, February 9, 1867 – December 9, 1916), born Natsume Kinnosuke (å¤ç›® 金之助) was a Japanese novelist of the Meiji period (1868–1912). He is best known for his novels "Kokoro", "Botchan", "I Am a Cat" and his unfinished work "Light and Darkness". He was also a scholar of British literature and composer of haiku, kanshi, and fairy tales. From 1984 until 2004, his portrait appeared on the front of the Japanese 1000 yen note. In Japan, he is often considered the greatest writer in modern Japanese history. He has had a profound effect on almost all important Japanese writers since.
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SÅseki Natsume, Edwin McClellan
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Paperback, Published in Aug 2006 by Dover Publications
ISBN10: 0486451399 | ISBN13: 9780486451398
Page count: 208
A nineteenth-century Japanese novel concerned with man's loneliness in the modern world.
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 to 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.
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