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The Times of Botchan Third Volume

By Jiro Taniguchi

The Times of Botchan Third Volume Manga

The Times of Botchan Third Volume

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This is the fictionalized version of the life and times of Japanese author Natsume Soseki during an era of great change in Japan from the traditional Edo period into the modern Meiji period (1867 - 1912). Soseki is considered the Charles Dickens or Mark Twain of Japan. His image even appeared on the 1000 yen note for two decades. He is best known for his novel Botchan, on whose times this book is based, and the short I Am A Cat which is integrated into these pages. In this third volume we learn of the love between Army Medical Officer and poet Ogai Mori and the German dancer Elise Weigert aka Autumn's Ballerina Taniguchi marries talent to a solid script by Sekikawa to create a fresco of Japanese society towards the end of the Meiji period as Japan was beginning to open up to the West. What could have been simply an illustrated textbook becomes, in these capable hands, a narrative for adults of great artistic and historical significance.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
154
Release Date:
2007-06-30
Publication Date:
2007-06-30
Publisher:
PONENT MON
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
8496427129
ISBN13:
9788496427129
Weight:
302 g
Height:
154 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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