Soseki Natsume

And Then


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      Copyright © 2011 Norma Moore Field

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Natsume, Soseki, 1867-1916. [Sorekara. English]

      And then : Natsume Soseki Sorekara / translated from the Japanese

      with an afterword and selected bibliography by Norma Moore Field. -1st ed. p. cm.

      Includes bibliographical references.

      ISBN 978-1-4629-0015-2

      I. Field, Norma, 1947II. Title.

      PL812.A8S5813 2011

      895.6’342--dc22

      2010051698

      ISBN 978-1-4629-0015-2

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      About the Author

      Sōseki Natsume, one of Japan’s most distinguished writers, was born in Tokyo in 1867. At an early age he studied the Chinese classics, and later intended to become an architect. He changed his mind, however, and entered Tokyo Imperial University to take up literature. In 1900 he was sent to London by the Japanese Ministry of Education to study English literature for two years. He was not happy there, and returned to Japan in 1903 to succeed Lafcadio Hearn as lecturer in English at his old university. After publishing his first novel, I Am a Cat in 1905, Sōseki immediately rose to fame, and shortly after this he resigned his teaching post to become literary editor of the Asahi Shimbun. Many more novels followed, and Sōseki became the leading voice of the age, often ruthlessly criticizing his contemporary society for its acceptance of westernization. He died in 1916 at the age of forty-nine.

      Dedication

      I would like to dedicate this translation to my mother and my grandmother.

      Contents

       Chapter I 1

       Chapter II 9

       Chapter III 19

       Chapter IV 33

       Chapter V 43

       Chapter VI 53

       Chapter VII 69

       Chapter VIII 81

       Chapter IX 93

       Chapter X 101

       Chapter XI 113

       Chapter XII 131

       Chapter XIII 145

       Chapter XIV 163

       Chapter XV 185

       Chapter XVI 197

       Chapter XVII 219

       Afterword 227

       Selected