Description

Author/Contributor(s):	Soseki, Natsume; Cohn, J.; Cohn, J.
Publisher:	Penguin Classics
Date:	3/26/2013
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

One of Japan’s most treasured novels—new to Penguin Classics

A hilarious tale about a young man’s rebellion against “the system” in a country school, Natsume Soseki’s Botchan has enjoyed a timeless popularity in Japan. The setting is Japan’s deepsouth, where the author himself spent some time teaching English in aboys’ school. Into this conservative world, with its social proprietiesand established pecking order, breezes Botchan, down from the big cityand with scant respect for either his elders or his noisy young result is a light, funny, fast-paced novel.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.