"Field's elegant translation includes an informative afterword that puts this novel in context with Soseki's large body of work." --Publishers Weekly
"Field's elegant translation includes an informative afterword that puts this novel in context with Soseki's large body of work." --Publishers Weekly
"A Japanese writer of genius." --Japan Quarterly
Soseki Natsume is the pen name of Natsume Kin'nosuke, born in 1867 in Japan. A scholar of Chinese, Japanese and English literature, Soseki Natsume has written some of Japan's most beloved novels including I Am a Cat, The Gate (Mon), and The Three Cornered World. He is so revered in Japan that his image appeared on the 1000 yen note for twenty years.