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Natsume Sōseki

Born

in Tokyo, Japan

February 09, 1867

Died

December 09, 1916

Genre

Fiction, Poetry

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Natsume Sōseki (夏目漱石), born Natsume Kinnosuke (夏目金之助), was a Japanese novelist. He is best known for his novels Kokoro, Botchan, I Am a Cat and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. He was also a scholar of British literature and composer of haiku, kanshi, and fairy tales. From 1984 until 2004, his portrait appeared on the front of the Japanese 1000 yen note. In Japan, he is often considered the greatest writer in modern Japanese history. He has had a profound effect on almost all important Japanese writers since.

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	Kokoro by Natsume Sōseki, Edwin McClellan (Translator) 4.04 avg rating — 34,285 ratings — published 1914 — 268 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Am a Cat 3.69 avg rating — 14,986 ratings — published 1906 — 250 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Botchan by Natsume Sōseki, Joel Cohn (Translator) 3.64 avg rating — 13,898 ratings — published 1906 — 357 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sanshirō by Natsume Sōseki, Jay Rubin (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 5,312 ratings — published 1908 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Three-Cornered World by Natsume Sōseki, Alan Turney (Translator) 3.77 avg rating — 4,883 ratings — published 1906 — 102 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gate by Natsume Sōseki, Francis Mathy (Translator), Damian Flanagan (Introduction) 3.95 avg rating — 2,349 ratings — published 1910 — 84 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	And Then by Natsume Sōseki, Norma Moore Field (Translator), 吴树文 (Translator) 3.90 avg rating — 1,916 ratings — published 1909 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Miner by Natsume Sōseki, Jay Rubin (Translator) 3.97 avg rating — 1,657 ratings — published 1908 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ten Nights' Dreams by Natsume Sōseki, Lovetta R. Lorenz, Takumi Kashima 3.71 avg rating — 1,324 ratings — published 1908 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Am a Cat: I by Natsume Sōseki, Siseki Natsume, Aiko Ito 3.24 avg rating — 1,375 ratings — published 1910 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I am a Cat (3 books)
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Quotes by Natsume Sōseki (?)

“I believe that words uttered in passion contain a greater living truth than do those words which express thoughts rationally conceived. It is blood that moves the body. Words are not meant to stir the air only: they are capable of moving greater things.”
― Natsume Soseki, Kokoro

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“I do not want your admiration now, because I do not want your insults in the future. I bear with my loneliness now, in order to avoid greater loneliness in the years ahead. You see, loneliness is the price we have to pay for being born in this modern age, so full of freedom, independence, and our own egotistical selves.”
― Natsume Sōseki, Kokoro

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“You seem to be under the impression that there is a special breed of bad humans. There is no such thing as a stereotype bad man in this world. Under normal conditions, everybody is more or less good, or, at least, ordinary. But tempt them, and they may suddenly change. That is what is so frightening about men.”
― Natsume Soseki, Kokoro

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The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

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Kokoro by Natsume Sōseki

7 votes, 14.9%

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The Eighth Day by Mitsuyo Kakuta

5 votes, 10.6%

Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination by Rampo Edogawa

5 votes, 10.6%

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

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Some Prefer Nettles by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

2 votes, 4.3%

From the Fatherland with Love by Ryū Murakami

2 votes, 4.3%

The Goddess Chronicle by Natsuo Kirino

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Tales of Moonlight and Rain by Ueda Akinari

2 votes, 4.3%

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