Light and Darkness: Natsume Sôseki's Meian: A New Translation By V. H. Viglielmo

ISBN-13: 9781460982310 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 364 str.

Natsume S. Seki; V. H. Viglielmo

Opis

Japan's preeminent modern novelist, Natsume Soseki (1867-1916), may be better known for his works of fiction Kokoro, Botchan, and I Am a Cat, than for his last novel, Meian, uncompleted at his death, which remains something of an enigma -- a neglected masterpiece. A simple plot summary doesn't do it justice: the marriage of Tsuda and O-Nobu is threatened when Kobayashi and others begin dropping hints about another woman. Tsuda departs on a trip to rendezvous with the woman in question, Kiyoko, his former fiancee. The novel is a study of human character, a marriage tested, and what it means to be an individual in the modern world."