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Pubblicato il 11 Novembre 2001
Sanshiro
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Sanshirō (三四郎) is a full-length novel by the Japanese writer Natsume Sōseki. The novel was originally published as a serialized work in the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun from September 1 through December 29 of 1908. The Shunyōdō Shoten Company published it in book form in May 1909. The book is divided into 13 chapters. Sanshirō is the first in a trilogy of thematically related novels, along with the subsequent works And Then as well as The Gate. The novel describes the experiences of Sanshirō Ogawa, a young man from the Kyushu countryside of southern Japan, as he arrives at the University of Tokyo and becomes acquainted with his new surroundings, fellow students, researchers, and professors. It also depicts his interaction with several young ladies and his first taste of romantic love. Through Sanshirō and those around him, the novel presents extensive observations of and commentary on the Meiji-era Japanese society …
Sanshirō (三四郎) is a full-length novel by the Japanese writer Natsume Sōseki. The novel was originally published as a serialized work in the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun from September 1 through December 29 of 1908. The Shunyōdō Shoten Company published it in book form in May 1909. The book is divided into 13 chapters. Sanshirō is the first in a trilogy of thematically related novels, along with the subsequent works And Then as well as The Gate. The novel describes the experiences of Sanshirō Ogawa, a young man from the Kyushu countryside of southern Japan, as he arrives at the University of Tokyo and becomes acquainted with his new surroundings, fellow students, researchers, and professors. It also depicts his interaction with several young ladies and his first taste of romantic love. Through Sanshirō and those around him, the novel presents extensive observations of and commentary on the Meiji-era Japanese society of its time. Sanshirō is Sōseki's only coming-of-age novel. It has been translated into English by Jay Rubin.