Light and Darkness: Natsume Soseki's Meian
, by Viglielmo, V. H.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781460982310 | 1460982312
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 3/5/2011
Japan's preeminent modern novelist, Natsume Sôseki (1867-1916), may be better known for his works of fiction Kokoro, Botchan, and I Am a Cat, than for his last novel, Meian, uncompleted at his death, which remains something of an enigma -- a neglected masterpiece. A simple plot summary doesn't do it justice: the marriage of Tsuda and O-Nobu is threatened when Kobayashi and others begin dropping hints about another woman. Tsuda departs on a trip to rendezvous with the woman in question, Kiyoko, his former fiancée. The novel is a study of human character, a marriage tested, and what it means to be an individual in the modern world.