Light and Darkness : Natsume Sôseki's Meian - Natsume Soseki
A New Translation By V. H. Viglielmo
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KORTE INHOUD
Japan's preeminent modern novelist, Natsume Sôseki (1867-1916), may be better known for his works of fiction such as 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 f...

