Rich in understanding and insight.
He wrote this novel in 1914, at the peak of his career, and it remains an excellent introduction to modern Japanese literature..
Natsume Soseki (1867-1916), perhaps the greatest novelist of the Meiji period, remains one of Japan\'s most widely read authors. "
My Parents and I" brings the reader into the narrator\'s family circle, and "
Sensei and His Testament" features the eponymous character\'s explanation of how he came to live a life of solitude. - The New Yorker What is love, and what is friendship? What is the extent of our responsibility to ourselves and to others? Kokoro , signifying the heart of things , examines these age-old questions in terms of the modern world.
A trilogy of stories that explores the very essence of loneliness, "
Kokoro" opens with "
Sensei and I", in which the narrator recounts his relationship with an intellectual who dwells in isolation but maintains a sophisticated worldview.
Rich in understanding and insight
