Kusamakura Paperback - 2008
by Natsume Soseki; Meredith McKinney (Translator); Introduction by Meredith McKinney
A stunning new translation-the first in more than forty years-of a major novel by the father of modern Japanese fiction
Natsume S?seki's Kusamakura 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 S?seki'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.
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Natsume S?seki's Kusamakura 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 S?seki'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.
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- Title Kusamakura
- Author Natsume Soseki; Meredith McKinney (Translator); Introduction by Meredith McKinney
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, London.
- Date 2008-01-29
- Features Bibliography, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780143105190 / 0143105191
- Weight 0.31 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 7.04 x 5.56 x 0.45 in (17.88 x 14.12 x 1.14 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 1110
- Library of Congress subjects Japanese fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007024784
- Dewey Decimal Code 895.634
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