Kusamakura

Name: Kusamakura
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ISBN: 9780143105190

ISBN-10: 0143105191

ISBN-13: 9780143105190

Edition: 2008

Authors: Natsume Soseki, Meredith McKinney, Meredith McKinney, Meredith McKinney

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A stunning new translationthe first in more than forty yearsof a major novel by the father of modern Japanese fiction Natsume S?sekis Kusamakurafollows 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?sekis word painting. In the authors words, Kusamakurais a haiku-style novel, that lives through beauty. Written at a time when Japan was opening its doors to the rest of the world, Kusamakuraturns…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/29/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.80" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.286



Introduction



A Note on the Translation


Suggestions for Further Reading


Kusamakura


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