{"product_id":"kusamakura-paperback","title":"Kusamakura - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNatsume Soseki\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMeredith McKinney\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eMeredith McKinney\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning new English translation--the first in more than forty years--of a major novel by the father of modern Japanese fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNatsume Soseki's \u003ci\u003eKusamakura\u003c\/i\u003e--meaning \"grass pillow\"--follows 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 Soseki's word painting. In the author's words, \u003ci\u003eKusamakura\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a haiku-style novel, that lives through beauty.\" Written at a time when Japan was opening its doors to the rest of the world, \u003ci\u003eKusamakura\u003c\/i\u003e turns inward, to the pristine mountain idyll and the taciturn lyricism of its courtship scenes, enshrining the essence of old Japan in a work of enchanting literary nostalgia.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNatsume Soseki \u003c\/b\u003e(1867-1916), one of Japan's most influential modern writers, is widely considered the foremost novelist of the Meiji era (1868-1914) and a master of psychological fiction. As well as his works of fiction, his essays, haiku, and kanshi have been influential and are popular even today.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeredith McKinney \u003c\/b\u003e(translator) holds a PhD in medieval Japanese literature from the University in Canberra, where she teaches in the Japan Centre. She lived and taught in Japan for twenty years and now lives near Braidwood, New South Wales. Her other translations include \u003ci\u003eRavine and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of Saigyo\u003c\/i\u003e, and for Penguin Classics, \u003ci\u003eThe Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eKusamakura\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 7.04 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 29, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753831661856,"sku":"9780143105190","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/848671b6b24878178f954db1bd69ca8f.webp?v=1780028087","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/kusamakura-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}