Botchan
Natsume, Soseki, 1867-19162023
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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, from the pupils - prone to playing tricks on their new, naive teacher. 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, from the pupils - prone to playing tricks on their new, nave 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, as seminal as The Catcher in the Rye, Botchan is as funny, poignant and memorable as it was when first published, over 100 years ago.Translated by J. Cohn
Main title:
Botchan / Natsume Soseki ; translated by J. Cohn.
Author:
Natsume, Soseki, 1867-1916, authorCohn, Joel R. (Joel Ralph), 1949-, translator
Imprint:
London : Penguin Classics, 2023.
Collation:
160 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Japanese.This translation originally published: London: Penguin Books, 2012.
ISBN:
9780241675281 (pbk)
Dewey class:
895.6342F
LC class:
PL812.A8
Language:
EnglishJapanese
BRN:
3615320
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