Wayfarer
by Natsume Soseki
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This novel involves the hero Ichiro, his wife Onao, and his brother Jiro in a triangle. As their drama unfolds, the novel gradually assumes unexpected implications.Tags
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El caminante, obra de madurez de Sōseki, narra la historia de un peculiar y sutil triángulo cuyos vértices conforman Jiro, su hermano Ichiro y la esposa de éste, Nao. Atrapados entre tradición y modernidad, los personajes deambulan por un Japón hambriento de cambio y de progreso que se enfrenta a una metamorfósis demasiado rápida. La angustia vital que atormenta al protagonista, Ichiro, es la de la soledad del hombre inmerso en una sociedad que avanza sin tregua, sin otorgar nunca un respiro. Su mujer, Nao, escoge el camino de la pasividad y del desafío silencioso y frío. Finalmente Jiro, cuyos gestos son imperceptibles susurros de amor velado hacia su cuñada, es testigo del desplome del frágil estado mental de su hermano: show more «Parecía un pez varado en la arena dando coletazos en su fútil lucha por la vida». El caminante trasciende fronteras y refleja la angustia del hombre moderno aislado irremediablemente de su familia y de una sociedad cuyos valores se desmoronan. show less
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Natsume Soseki's early education included the study of Chinese classics and architecture, but as an English literature major he found his life's work, as well as the friendship of haiku poet Masaoka Shiki, an important personal and literary influence. Soseki's prose, for example, is often interspersed with his own haiku. In 1900 the Japanese show more government sent Soseki, who was a professor of English literature, to London, but, poorly funded and isolated, he found his years abroad painful and began to exhibit neurotic behavior. On his return, he shocked society by giving up his teaching position at Tokyo University to write fiction for the Asahi newspaper, a profession associated with the world of "entertainers." Despite poor health in the last years of his life, Soseki continued to write an average of one novel a year. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- 行人
- Original publication date
- 1912
- Original language
- Japanese
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 895.6 — Literature & rhetoric Literatures of other languages Literatures of East and Southeast Asia Japanese
- LCC
- PL812 .A8 .K5813 — Language and Literature Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Languages of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Japanese language and literature Japanese literature Individual authors and works
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- English, French, Japanese, Spanish
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- ISBNs
- 11
- ASINs
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