| Kokoro Contributor(s): Soseki, Natsume (Author) |
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ISBN: 0895267152 ISBN-13: 9780895267153 Publisher: Gateway Editions OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1996 Annotation: A nineteenth-century Japanese novel concerned with man's loneliness in the modern world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 85007574 |
| Lexile Measure: 890 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.38" W x 8.25" (0.64 lbs) 248 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |