Soseki Natsume's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the foolishness of upper-middle-class Japanese society in early 20th century Tokyo. Written with biting wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical adventures of a rather cynical stray kitten. He finds his way into the home of an English teacher, where his running commentary on the follies and foibles of the people around him …
Written in 1904 by Soseki Natsume, the foremost novelist of the Meiji period, Botchan is the story of a simple, honest, and direct young man from Tokyo who teaches high school in the provinces.
Written in 1908, this absurdist novel about the indeterminate nature of human personality anticipates the work of Joyce and Beckett. Almost devoid of plot and characterization, it unfolds within the mind of the protagonist.
Seperti cerita The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Botchan mengisahkan pemberontakan seorang guru muda terhadap“sistem” di sebuah sekolah desa. Sifat Botchan yang selalu terus terang dan tidak mau berpura-pura sering kali membuat ia mengalami kesulitan dalam berinteraksi dengan orang-orang di sekitarnya. Cerita yang dituturkan secara humoris ini sangat populer di kalangan tua dan muda di Je…