Kusamakura (Penguin Classics)

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Kusamakura (Penguin Classics)

A stunning new English translationâ€”the first in more than forty yearsâ€”of a major novel by the father of modern Japanese fiction

Natsume Soseki's Kusamakuraâ€”meaning â€œgrass pillowâ€â€”follows its nameless young artist-narrator on a meandering walking tour of the mountains. At the inn at a hot spring resort, he has a series of mysterious encounters with Nami, the lovely young daughter of the establishment. Nami, or "beauty," is the center of this elegant novel, the still point around which the artist moves and the enigmatic subject of Soseki's word painting. In the author's words, Kusamakura is "a haiku-style novel, that lives through beauty." Written at a time when Japan was opening its doors to the rest of the world, Kusamakura turns inward, to the pristine mountain idyll and the taciturn lyricism of its courtship scenes, enshrining the essence of old Japan in a work of enchanting literary nostalgia.
Country USA
Brand Penguin Classics
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780143105190
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2008-01-29
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780143105190

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin Classics
Manufacturer	Penguin Classics
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780143105190
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2008-01-29
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780143105190

Kusamakura (Penguin Classics)

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