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The Three-cornered World (Peter Owen Modern Classic) - Peter Owen Modern Classic
The Three-cornered World (Peter Owen Modern Classic) - Peter Owen Modern Classic
paperback
Published:
23 October, 2002
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Description
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780720611564 |
| ISBN10 | 0720611563 |
| Number Of Pages | 184 |
| Item Weight | 181 g |
| Product Dimensions | 124 x 15 x 180 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Peter Owen Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | New edition |
Media Reviews
'An artist is a person who lives in the triangle which remains after the angle which we call common sense has been removed from this four-cornered world.' - Soseki 'A writer to be judged by the highest standards.' - SPECTATOR 'Natsume Soseki is generally acknowledged to have been one of the most important writers of the modern period. His importance to the Japanese is that of a counter-reformation figure maintaining the virtues of tradition against the rising tide of western culture. THE THREE-CORNERED WORLD serves a useful purpose in making one aware of the deliberate rear-guard action of a talented and influential writer at a time of intellectual chaos.' - TLS 'Vastly refreshing... Soseki doesn't shrink from seeking and finding exquisite pearls of beauty.' - GUARDIAN 'An Eastern Henry Fielding... very appealing.' - IRISH TIMES 'A poetic translaton... affords the reader penetrating insight into the heart of Japanese sensibility.' - MONUMENTA JAPONICA
Author's Bio
NATSUME SOSEKI (1867-1916) is considered the greatest novelist of the Meiji era and one of Japan's finest modern writers. Educated at Tokyo Imperial University, he was sent to London in 1900 as a Government Scholar. He returned to Japan three years later and became a full-time writer after lecturing in English Literature at the Imperial University. One of the first writers to be aware of Western culture, his work is still widely read in Japan, and contemporary Japanese writers continue to be influenced by his work.