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Sanshiro
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics

  • Published: 04/08/2016

  • ISBN: 9780241284469

  • Length: 272  Pages

  • Dimensions: 182mm x 16mm x 130mm

  • Weight: 166g

  • RRP: £6.99

Sanshiro

  • Series: Pocket Penguins

Natsume Soseki

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'Even bigger than Japan is the inside of your head. Don't ever surrender yourself - not to Japan, not to anything'

A shy, unworldly young student has his eyes opened to Tokyo's bustling metropolis, in this delicate, bitter-sweet work of innocence and experience from Japan's foremost modern novelist.

Ten new titles in the colourful, small-format, portable new Pocket Penguins series

  • Imprint: Penguin Classics

  • Published: 04/08/2016

  • ISBN: 9780241284469

  • Length: 272  Pages

  • Dimensions: 182mm x 16mm x 130mm

  • Weight: 166g

  • RRP: £6.99


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About the Author

Natsume Soseki

Natsume Soseki (1867-1916) is often considered the greatest modern Japanese novelist. In 1900, his government sent him to England for two years as 'Japan's first Japanese English literary scholar', but he had a miserable time there. Returning to Japan, he wrote his greatest novels, including Botchan, Sanshiro and Kokoro, as well as essays, haiku, and kanshi.

Natsume Soseki

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