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To the Spring Equinox and Beyond

Natsume Sōseki
3.75/5 (200 ratings)
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This classic Japanese story by Sōseki Netsume—the foremost novelist of the Meiji Period—is a masterpiece of Japanese literature.

This book demonstrates Sōseki Natsume's ability to dissect and elucidate the human personality in all its complexity. Here, his facile blending of narrative, extended monologue and sharp dialog leaves the reader with an almost personal knowledge of the characters. We are introduced to Keitaro, a recent college graduate hunting for his first job; he is the hero through whose eyes the other characters are seen. There is also Morimoto, the young adventurer with his tall tales; Sunaga, a troubled young man whose moving story forms the center of the novel; Taguchi, Sunaga's fun–loving yet practical uncle; Matsumoto, another uncle—a high–class "idler," but wise in his own way; and Chiyoko, Sunaga's cousin and apparently the cause of much of his distress.

Keitaro does not merely tell us the story of the others, however. Their lives are a part of his elucidation beyond that of the world of academia, and his knowing them enables him eventually to experience, however directly or indirectly, the romantic, the practical, the philosophical, and the existential. It is this sort of detailed analysis of the world that allows Keitaro—and Sōseki himself—to come closer to the very core of life itself.
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0804833281
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9780804833288
kindle Asin:
B007ECJELS

To the Spring Equinox and Beyond

Natsume Sōseki
3.75/5 (200 ratings)
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This classic Japanese story by Sōseki Netsume—the foremost novelist of the Meiji Period—is a masterpiece of Japanese literature.

This book demonstrates Sōseki Natsume's ability to dissect and elucidate the human personality in all its complexity. Here, his facile blending of narrative, extended monologue and sharp dialog leaves the reader with an almost personal knowledge of the characters. We are introduced to Keitaro, a recent college graduate hunting for his first job; he is the hero through whose eyes the other characters are seen. There is also Morimoto, the young adventurer with his tall tales; Sunaga, a troubled young man whose moving story forms the center of the novel; Taguchi, Sunaga's fun–loving yet practical uncle; Matsumoto, another uncle—a high–class "idler," but wise in his own way; and Chiyoko, Sunaga's cousin and apparently the cause of much of his distress.

Keitaro does not merely tell us the story of the others, however. Their lives are a part of his elucidation beyond that of the world of academia, and his knowing them enables him eventually to experience, however directly or indirectly, the romantic, the practical, the philosophical, and the existential. It is this sort of detailed analysis of the world that allows Keitaro—and Sōseki himself—to come closer to the very core of life itself.
Format:
Pages:
pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
Original ed.
Language:
ISBN10:
0804833281
ISBN13:
9780804833288
kindle Asin:
B007ECJELS

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