Light and Darkness: An Unfinished Novel - Softcover

Viglielmo V. H.; Natsume Soseki

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0399506101 ISBN 13: 9780399506109

Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group, 1982

Synopsis

Japan's preeminent modern novelist, Natsume Sôseki (1867-1916), may be better known for his works of fiction 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 former fiancée. The novel is a study of human character, a marriage tested, and what it means to be an individual in the modern world.

About this title

About the Author:

Natsume Soseki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natsume_Soseki Translator V. H. Viglielmo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._H._Viglielmo

About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0399506101
• ISBN 13: 9780399506109
• Binding: Paperback