by Soseki Natsume · Tuttle Publishing · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780804816205
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«Botchan» is the classic novel by Soseki Natsume, published by Tuttle Publishing in paperback (192 pages, in English).
Written in 1906 and based on Natsume Sōseki's experiences as a teacher, the novel recounts the arrival of an impetuous young man from Tokyo at a provincial school in southern Japan to teach English. His clash with social conventions and local hierarchy triggers comic conflicts that portray Japanese society of the era.
The original work appeared in 1906; this 1989 edition offers the English translation by Umeji Sasaki.
For readers interested in Japanese literature, classics, and satirical humor.
Natsume Sōseki was a Japanese novelist, poet, and scholar. He is considered one of the greatest writers in modern Japanese history and is often called the first modern novelist of Japan. Sōseki's fiction explored themes of individualism, loneliness, and the conflict between traditional Japanese values and the rapid Westernization of the Meiji era. His major works include I Am a Cat (1905), Botchan (1906), Sanshirō (1908), Kokoro (1914), and his unfinished final novel Light and Dark (1916).
