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Classics
Embark on a humorous journey through the bustling streets of Tokyo with Natsume S?seki's delightful tale, Botchan. Immerse yourself in the witty and entertaining narrative that unfolds the misadventures of a Tokyo teacher... See More
Anthologies & Literature Collections
"Rich in understanding and insight." -- The New Yorker What is love, and what is friendship? What is the extent of our responsibility to ourselves and to others? Kokoro, signifying "the heart of things," examines these... See More
Classics
Sanshir? (1908) is a novel by Natsume S?seki. Inspired by the author's experience as a student from the countryside who moved to Tokyo, Sanshir? is a story of family, growth, and identity that captures the isolation and... See More
Historical Fiction
The father of modern Japanese literature's best-loved novel, in its first new English translation in half a century No collection of Japanese literature is complete without Natsume Soseki's Kokoro, his most famous novel... See More
History & Criticism
An NYRB Classics Original A humble clerk and his loving wife scrape out a quiet existence on the margins of Tokyo. Resigned, following years of exile and misfortune, to the bitter consequences of having married without... See More
Historical Fiction
A young student makes himself the acolyte of an old man he calls 'Sensei'. Bitter, cynical and indolent, Sensei has withdrawn from society. The young student is at once attracted by these qualities and also deeply puzzled... See More
Biography & True Accounts
Published here for the first time in English, My Individualism and The Philosophical Foundations of Literature are essays which explore issues close to famed Japanese novelist Soseki Natsume's heart: the philosophical and... See More
Classics
Botchan is a modern young man from the Tokyo metropolis, sent to the ultra-traditional Matsuyama district as a Maths teacher after his the death of his parents. Cynical, rebellious and immature, Botchan finds himself facing... See More
Fantasy
A murderer discovers his true nature from a talking infant, a samurai is frustrated in his attempts to meditate, and a dying man bestows his hat on a friend in these surrealistic short stories. The dream-like, open-ended... See More
Classics
A modern classic in Japan on par with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or The Catcher in the Rye, Botchan is a very popular Japanese novel and still widely read decades after its first publication. Botchan, a timeless... See More
Classics
This classic Japanese story by Soseki Netsumethe foremost novelist of the Meiji Period--is a masterpiece of Japanese literature. This book demonstrates Soseki Natsume's ability to dissect and elucidate the human... See More
Literary Criticism & Theory
Classics
A Comic Japanese Novel "One may be branded foolishly honest if he takes seriously the apologies others might offer. We should regard all apologies a sham and forgiving also as a sham; then everything would be all right. If... See More
Literary Fiction
Going up a mountain track, I fell to thinking. Approach everything rationally, and you become harsh. Pole along in the stream of emotions, and you will be swept away by the current. Give free rein to your desires, and you... See More
Literary Fiction
'The curtain veiling the mysterious things called the past rending itself in two and reflecting ghostly light over the twentieth century is the tower of london.' In October 1900, a brilliant but largely unknown Japanese... See More
Literary Fiction
One of Soseki's most beloved works of fiction, the novel depicts the 23-year-old Sanshiro leaving the sleepy countryside for the first time in his life to experience the constantly moving 'real world' of Tokyo, its women and... See More
Children's eBooks
World Literature
One of Japan's most popular novels, this timeless tale of a changing society combines old idealism with modern independence. Written in 1906 and loosely based on the author's life, it recounts the experiences of a teacher... See More
Classics
As the most widely-read piece of modern Japanese literature, Botchan captures a society caught between modernist impulses and traditional culture, the divide between urban and rural life, and the tension sincerity and... See More
Historical Fiction
One of the central masterpieces of twentieth-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... See More
Biography & True Accounts
Originally published as Garusudo no Uchi in daily serialization in the Asahi newspaper in 1915, before appearing in book form, this is the first time Inside My Glass Doors has been published in English. It is a moving... See More
Classics
Classics
Fantasy
In ten terrifying, intriguing and thrilling dreams, Natsume Soseki (1867 - 1916) treats leitmotifs and antipodes such as: loyalty and treatise, love and death, fame and immortality, social outsiders, honor and loss of face... See More
Classics
One of the most famous and well loved Japanese classics - Botchan is a fun and lighthearted story of a city boy coming to a highly suspicious and traditional town. Natsume Soseki is one of Japan's most beloved authors, and... See More
Literary Fiction
This is the last novel written by Natsume Soseki (1867-1916), Japan's preeminent modern novelist (which was uncompleted at his death). Translated from the Japanese by V.H. Viglielmo. Susan Sontag called it a neglected... See More
Classics
This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions [Edwin Abbott Abbott] Lady Susan [Jane Austen] R. Holmes & Co. [John Kendrick Bangs] Mrs. Raffles... See More