This is the fictionalized version of the life and times of Japanese
author b]Natsume Soseki /b] during an era of great change in Japan
from the traditional Edo period into the modern Meiji period
(1867-1912). b]Soseki /b] is considered the Charles Dickens or Mark
Twain of Japan. His image even appeared on the 1000 yen note for
two decades. He is best known for his novel i]Botchan /i], on whose
times this book is based and the short i]I Am A Cat /i] which is
integrated into these pages. In this b]first volume /b] we meet a
circle of b]Soseki /b]'s friends and he receives the spark that
will become i]Botchan /i]. b]Taniguchi /b] marries talent to a
solid script by b]Sekikawa /b] to create a fresco of Japanese
society towards the end of the Meiji period as Japan was beginning
to open up to the West. What could have been simply an illustrated
textbook becomes, in these capable hands, a narrative for adults of
great artistic and historical significance.
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