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‘Sanshiro’, Written by Natsume Soseki
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‘Sanshiro’, Written by Natsume Soseki
With an introduction by HARUKI MURAKAMI
Translated by JAY RUBIN.
‘Even bigger than Japan is the inside of your head. Don’t ever surrender yourself – not to Japan, not to anything’.
Soseki’s work of gentle humour and doomed innocence depicts twenty-three-year-old Sanshiro, a recent graduate from a provincial college, as he begins university life in the big city of Tokyo. Baffled and excited by the traffic, the academics and – most of all – the women, Sanshiro must find his way amongst the sophisticates that fill his new life. An incisive social and cultural commentary, Sanshire is also a subtle study of first love, tradition and modernization, and the idealism of youth against the cynicism of middle age.
In his introduction, Haruki Murakami reflects on his fascination with Sanshiro, how the story differs from a European coming-of-age novel and why it has come to be a perennial classic in Japan. This edition also contains suggestions for further reading, notes and a chronology.
With an introduction by HARUKI MURAKAMI
Translated by JAY RUBIN.
The best books ever written.
Pages: 235
Natsume Soseki. (2009) Sanshiro. England, Penguin Classics.
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