Natsume soseki goodreads5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Head-spinning proof of Sōseki’s stature in Japan - and the country’s hyperbolic esteem for its writers - comes in the form of a “robotic replica” of the author, which was unveiled yesterday at Tokyo’s Nishogakusha University. ![]() ![]() Natsume Sōseki didn’t live to complete his final (and longest) novel, Light and Dark, which he was publishing in daily installments for his employer (since 1907), the Asahi newspaper. If that’s correct, then maybe finally we’re reaching the Sōseki moment in the English-speaking world.”Ī hundred years ago today one of the major writers of the 20th century, a giant of Japanese literature, died from stomach cancer at the age of 49. “Natsume Sōseki once wrote a letter of encouragement to a younger writer, telling him that the true value of a literary work isn’t known until a hundred years have passed. ![]()
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