Name: Soseki Natsume's Botchan: The Manga Edition: One of Japan's Most Popular Novels of All Time - Now Available in Manga Form!
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Author: Natsume Soseki
ISBN: 9784805317822

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Soseki Natsume's Botchan: The Manga Edition: One of Japan's Most Popular Novels of All Time - Now Available in Manga Form!

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English

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192

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Paperback

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9784805317822

Synopsis "Soseki Natsume's Botchan: The Manga Edition: One of Japan's Most Popular Novels of All Time - Now Available in Manga Form!"

"Filled with light, satirical touches." -- Donald Keene Reckless but unfailingly honest, Botchan is the youngest son in a middle-class Tokyo family. Following his graduation from college, he takes a job as a math teacher on the island of Shikoku, far from the city. Thrust into this alien small-town environment, Botchan encounters nothing but trouble from his students and fellow teachers. Among his tormentors are the pompous, two-faced vice-principal; his fawning sidekick—the art teacher; the spineless principal; and a pack of brawny, prankster students -- all of whom seem out to get him. Mayhem ensues, but in the end Botchan prevails through honesty and dogged determination. A modern classic, Botchan rivals Soseki's famous I Am a Cat in popularity in Japan. This is the funniest of Soseki's novels, a penetrating portrait of a young man's quest to survive the suffocating hypocrisy of everyone around him while remaining true to his beliefs. Recommended for readers ages 14 and up due to explicit language

Sôseki Natsume

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Natsume Sōseki (1867-1916) was a prominent Japanese writer and professor of English literature, considered one of the main literati of modern Japan. Among his most recognized works are "I Am a Cat" (1905), "Botchan" (1906), and "Kokoro" (1914). These novels, belonging to the genre of modern Japanese literature, explore themes such as identity, loneliness, and cultural transition in Japan during the Meiji era. Although Sōseki did not receive literary awards in his lifetime, his legacy has endured, with his likeness included on the 1000 yen bills between 1984 and 2004.

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(1867-1916) Nació en Tokio. Tras realizar los estudios universitarios, ejerció como profesor en varias ciudades de su país. Amplió estudios en Londres y en 1903 le fue confiada la cátedra de literatura inglesa en la Universidad Imperial de la capital japonesa. En 1907 renunció a la enseñanza universitaria para dedicarse exclusivamente a la producción literaria. Hechicero de la prosa japonesa e iniciador de un nuevo estilo de novela, es una figura emblemática de la literatura japonesa moderna e iniciador de una corriente literaria que continuaron ilustres escritores de diversas escuelas más próximas a nuestros días. El trasfondo ideológico de sus obras ha suscitado el interés de estudiosos japoneses y extranjeros. La armonía de su exquisito lirismo y su perspicaz análisis de la realidad humana han tenido siempre un peculiar atractivo para el público japonés. Soseki es la encarnación de una época de transición violenta, donde el orden de los valores tradicionales choca con el de los modernos valores occidentales cuya fuerza es imaparable. Entre sus obras se encuentran ensayos, poesías y, sobre todo, novelas. Son especialmente representativas, además de «Yo, el gato», «Botchan» («El joven mimado»), «Gubijinso» («Amapola»), «Sanshiro», «Kusamokura» («La almohada de hierba»), «Kokoro» («Corazón»), «Sorekara» («Después»), «Tabibito» («El caminante»), «Mon» («La puerta») y «Meian» («Claroscuro»), que dejó incompleta en noviembre de 1916, poco antes de su muerte.

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