The Three Cornered World - Softcover

Soseki, Natsume

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0895267683 ISBN 13: 9780895267689

Publisher: Gateway Editions, 1988

Synopsis

The Three Cornered World is the novelistic expression of the contrast between the Western ethical view of reality and the Eastern ethical view by one of Japan's most beloved authors. Natsume Soseki tells of an artist who retreats to a country resort and becomes involved in a series of mysterious encounters with the owner's daughter. Intricately interwoven with the author's reflections on art and nature, conversations with Zen monks and writers of haiku, are a plethora of unique Japanese characters offering the reader an exquisite "word painting."

About this title

About the Author:

Natsume Soseki (1867–1916) is one of the great writers of the modern world. Educated at Tokyo Imperial University, he was sent to England in 1900 as a government scholar. As one of the first Japanese writers to be influenced by Western culture, his various works are widely read in Japan, and contemporary authors in Japan continue to be influenced by his oeuvre, which also includes The Gate, I Am a Cat, Kokoro, and Sanshiro.

Review:

"Soseki is the representative modern Japanese novelist, a figure of truly national stature." --Haruki Murakami

"The greatest Japanese novelist of the modern period." --Sunday Telegraph

"A writer to be judged by the highest standards. His works create, after the fashion of all great writers, a new and completely individual reality." --Spectator

"Vastly refreshing . . . Soseki doesn't shrink from seeking and finding exquisite pearls of beauty." --Guardian

About this edition

• Publisher: Gateway Editions
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0895267683
• ISBN 13: 9780895267689
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184