The Gate - Softcover
One of the central masterpieces of 20th-century Japanese literature, The Gate describes the everyday world of the humble clerk Sosuke and his wife Oyone, living in quiet obscurity in a house at the bottom of a cliff. Seemingly cursed with the inability to have children, the couple find themselves having to take responsibility for Sosuke's younger brother Koroku. Oyone's health begins to fail, and news that her estranged ex-husband will be visiting nearby finally promotes a sense of crisis in Sosuke and forces him temporarily to quit his life of quiet domesticity. Highly prized for the beauty of its description of the understated love between Sosuke and Oyone, the novel has nevertheless remained in many ways mysterious. An analysis of the novel by Damian Flanagan casts fresh insights into its complex symbolism and ideas, establishing The Gate as one of the most profound works of the modern age. Published in cooperation with the Japan Foundation and the Sasakawa Foundation, this novel is part of an international program to bring one of Japan's most popular author to a new international audience.
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Natsume Soseki is Japan’s most revered writer, whose works continue to attract vast quantities of critical scrutiny and debate. His influence, both on contemporary Japanese authors and throughout East Asia and beyond, has been immense.
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"'A sensitive, skilfully written novel by the most widely read Japanese author of modern times.' - Guardian 'Soseki's prose is so delicate that each page is like looking at a set of dreamy watercolours.' - Sunday Telegraph; 'The Gate is not so much tragic or comic as a graceful balance between the dispiriting and the humorous... The Gate is surely the kind of writing we need - a masterpiece of taste and clarity. Francis Mathy's translation must be warmly commended.' - New Statesman"
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- PublisherPeter Owen Publishers
- Publication date2005
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