Rediscovering Natsume Sōseki: With the First English Translation of Travels in Manchuria and Korea. Celebrating the Centenary of Sōseki's Ar

by Natsume Sōseki

First publication in English of Soseki's travels through Manchuria on the then recently-acquired South Manchurian Railway. 6-week travelogue including boat from Osaka to Dairen, railway up the Liaodong Peninsular to Fushun. Many descriptions of Manchuria. It is a lively, informative and sometimes very funny narrative, which reveals Soseki's wit and Western-style humour in observing the human condition, as well as the literary techniques that characterize...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1901903303
• ISBN13: 9781901903300
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 9.0"