Kokoro

<b>'Exactly what you would ask a novel to be' <i>Spectator</i></b>

In the seaside city of Kamakura, a student is drawn to an enigmatic older man who swims at the same beach. The man becomes his Sensei. Against a backdrop of the rapid modernisation of Japan, their relationship endures - until one day, the young man receives a letter that divulges the full story of his Sensei's past.

One of Japan's most admired and bestselling modern classics, <i>Kokoro</i> is a psychologically rich, delicately drawn meditation on loneliness, desire and duty.

<b>Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.</b>

<b>Translated by Edwin McClellan.</b>

Natsume Soseki (1867-1916) was one of Japan's most prominent novelists of the Meiji Era. After studying in England on a government scholarship, Soseki began a career at Tokyo University as a scholar of English literature before later devoting himself to his writing. He is best known for his works <i>I Am a Cat, Kusamakura, Botchan</i> and his unfinished work <i>Light and Darkness</i>. From 1984 until 2004, his portrait appeared on the front of the Japanese 1,000-yen note.