‏92.00 ₪

The Gate

‏92.00 ₪
ISBN13
9781590175873
יצא לאור ב
New York
מהדורה
Main
זמן אספקה
21 ימי עסקים
עמודים
264
פורמט
Paperback / softback
תאריך יציאה לאור
4 בדצמ׳ 2012
This moving and deceptively simple story, a melancholy tale shot through with glimmers of joy, beauty, and gentle wit, is an understated masterpiece by the first great writer of modern Japan.
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 their families' consent, and unable to have children of their own, Sosuke and Oyone find the delicate equilibrium of their household upset by a new obligation to meet the educational expenses of Sosuke's brash younger brother. While an unlikely new friendship appears to offer a way out of this bind, it also soon threatens to dredge up a past that could once again force them to flee the capital. Desperate and torn, Sosuke finally resolves to travel to a remote Zen mountain monastery to see if perhaps there, through meditation, he can find a way out of his predicament. his moving and deceptively simple story, a melancholy tale shot through with glimmers of joy, beauty, and gentle wit, is an understated masterpiece by one of Japan's greatest writers. At the end of his life, Natsume Soseki declared The Gate, originally published in 1910, to be his favorite among all his novels. This new translation captures the oblique grace of the original while correcting numerous errors and om
מידע נוסף
מהדורה Main
עמודים 264
פורמט Paperback / softback
ISBN10 1590175875
יצא לאור ב New York
תאריך יציאה לאור 4 בדצמ׳ 2012
זמן אספקה 21 ימי עסקים