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Botchan
Botchan is a modern young man from the Tokyo metropolis, sent to the ultra-traditional Matsuyama district as a Maths teacher after his the death of his parents. Cynical, rebellious and immature, Botchan finds himself facing several tests.
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One of Japan's most treasured novels, new to Penguin Classics.
Botchan is a modern young man from the Tokyo metropolis, sent to the ultra-traditional Matsuyama district as a Maths teacher after the death of his parents. Cynical, rebellious, and immature, Botchan finds himself facing several tests, from the pupils — prone to playing tricks on their new, naive teacher; the staff — vain, immoral, and in danger of becoming a bad influence on Botchan; and from his own as-yet-unformed nature, as he finds his place in the world. One of the most popular novels in Japan where it is considered a classic of adolescence, Botchan is as funny, poignant, and memorable as it was when first published, over 100 years ago.
In J. Cohn's introduction to his colourful translation, he discusses Botchan's success, the book's clash between Western intellectualism and traditional Japanese values, and the importance of names and nicknames in the novel.
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Botchan by Natsume Soseki is considered one of the author's most entertaining works, noted for its humour and light-heartedness. Donald Keene describes it as Soseki's funniest work, while the Times Literary Supplement highlights its lively narrative and broad appeal to parents, teachers, and students.
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ISBN: 9780141391885
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 October 2012
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Contributors:
- Translated by J. Cohn
- Introduction by J. Cohn
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 127.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 124g
Pages: 160
About the Author
Natsume Soseki (1867-1916) is one of the best-known Japanese authors of the 20th century and considered as the master of psychological fiction. He wrote 14 novels. As well as his works of fiction, his essays, haiku, and kanshi have been influential and are popular even today. J. Cohn studied Japanese at Cornell and Harvard universities, as well as in Japan, and now teaches Japanese literature at the University of Hawaii. He is the author of a study on the comic spirit in modern Japanese ficiton.
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