This is Soseki's last novel. He died while he was writing this novel. Tsuda and his wife Onobu married several months ago. Tsuda had a poor digestion and entered into a hospital. He often thinks about his ex-lover Kiyoko.
Botchan is the story of a young math teacher from Tokyo whose first assignment takes him to a middle school in the country side. His arrival there is not very lucky: The pupils are bound to test his perseverance and cheerily comments every one of his perceived missteps. In the teacher's room, he soon finds himself in the middle of an intrigue between the jovial "Porcupine" and the fat "Hubbard Squash" on one side, and the effeminate "Red Shirt" and his follower "Clown" on the other. Will Botchan choose the right side in the end?
Botchan - with morality as the main theme - is one of the most popular novels in Japan. Sōseki Natsume bases the story on his own experiences as teacher i...
This is a collection of essays by Soseki Natsume. They were published in the Asahi Newspaper in 1909. Included are essays about daily life in Tokyo and his experiences in London.