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ISBN 10: 1420948423
ISBN 13: 9781420948424
Author: Natsume Soseki
Literally meaning “heart”, the Japanese word “kokoro” can be more distinctly translated as “the heart of things” or “feeling.” Natsume Soseki’s 1914 novel, which was originally published in serial format in a Japanese newspaper, “Kokoro” deals with the transition from the Japanese Meiji society to the modern era. Divided into three parts “Sensei and I,” “My Parents and I,” and “Sensei and His Testament,” the novel explores the themes of loneliness and isolation. In the first part we find the narrator attending university where he befriends an older man, known only as “Sensei,” who lives a largely reclusive life. In the second part of the novel the narrator graduates from college and returns home to await the death of his father. The third part of the novel recounts a letter that the narrator receives from the “Sensei,” which describes the circumstances that caused his loss of faith in humanity and the guilt he feels over the death of a childhood friend which drives him to the reclusive life that he has led. A deeply thematic novel “Kokoro” provides an excellent introduction to one of Japan’s most beloved authors, Natsume Soseki.
Kokoro Natsume Soseki 1st Table of contents:
Part One – Introduction to Sensei and the narrator’s relationship. It begins with the narrator meeting Sensei and understanding his mysterious and somewhat aloof nature.
Part Two – The growing connection between the narrator and Sensei, the revelations about Sensei’s past, and the complex dynamics surrounding Sensei’s self-destructive tendencies.
Part Three – A deep exploration of Sensei’s relationships and the tragic end of a close friendship, revealing the darker emotional struggles at the core of his life.
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