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Ten Nights' Dreams
This collection of ten connected stories or dreams has a surrealistic atmosphere. Some are weird, others are grotesquely funny. Among the ten nights, the first, second, third, and fifth nights start with the same sentence "This is the dream I dreamed." Whether Sosecki actually had these dreams or whether they were complete fictions is not known.
78 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1908
About the author
Natsume Sōseki
741 books2,868 followersNatsume 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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January 15, 2018
The First Night
The Second Night
The Third Night
The Fourth Night
The Fifth Night
The Sixth Night
The Seventh Night
The Eighth Night
The Ninth Night
The Tenth Night
Tonight
This is the dream I dreamed.
I was sitting at a table for one. The room was covered in a timid, dim light. I began to notice a scent. One that lifted my spirits in ways I cannot explain. While I was trying to guess the origin of such irresistible scent, I saw a woman approaching me. She was wearing a white apron.
“Miss, where is this exquisite aroma coming from?,” I gently asked.
“Over there,” she answered, pointing at my right. I could not discern a thing.
“What is it?,” I asked, almost whispering.
“What do you think it is?”
“I believe it is the scent of hope,” I replied, as I felt my soul absorbing all the poetry of the room. All the history of my homeland.
The woman got closer to me, stared at me for a while and then said:
"It is the scent of lemon pie. You are at my coffee shop. You read two books, had three lattes and two pieces of lemon pie. I want to close my shop and go home. Are you ever going to leave?"
Dec 10, 15
* Also on my blog.
'The sun rises. And the sun sets. And the sun rises and sets... When the red sun rises in the east and sets in the west, then I will... Will you wait for me?'
The Second Night
'I cannot reach the state of nothingness.' Whenever I felt I was about to reach it, the pain seemed to become more intense, bringing me back. I felt anger. I felt regret. I felt deep chagrin at my failing attempt. Tears flowed from my eyes... But I remained sitting patiently. I had to endure this gut-rending sorrow.
The Third Night
I began to feel afraid of him even though he was my son.
The Fourth Night
The old man still made his way straight through the river, singing.
'The river will deepen.
The day will darken.
The world will straighten its path.'
The Fifth Night
The captain scrutinized my face in the firelight and asked me if I would live or die. It was the custom in those days to ask a captive that question. To answer that one would live meant submission; that one would die meant no surrender at any cost. I answered shortly.
The Sixth Night
At last I had to accept the fact that the Niō does not reside in the wood of the Meiji period. I also learned the reason why Ukei is alive today.
The Seventh Night
One night when I was alone on deck watching he stars, a foreigner came up and asked me if I knew any astronomy. Here I was almost ready to kill myself as a non-entity. What did I need to know about astronomy? But I kept silent. The foreign man began to tell me about the seven stars over Taurus. He said that the stars and the sea were something God had created. Finally he asked me if I believed in God. I just kept silent, looking up at the sky.
The Eighth Night
As I crossed the threshold into a barber shop, I saw several people there, all dressed in white, who asked in chorus if they might help me.
I stood in the middle of the room, looking around. It was square. The windows on two sides were open and on the other two walls hung mirrors. I counted six mirrors.
The Ninth Night
The world has somehow become unsettled. A battle may break out at any moment. There is panic in the air...
The Tenth Night
Shōtarō, doffing his Panama hat, politely declined, again and again. The woman asked him whether he preferred to be licked by pigs, since he would not venture to jump off the precipice.
Tonight
This is the dream I dreamed.
I was sitting at a table for one. The room was covered in a timid, dim light. I began to notice a scent. One that lifted my spirits in ways I cannot explain. While I was trying to guess the origin of such irresistible scent, I saw a woman approaching me. She was wearing a white apron.
“Miss, where is this exquisite aroma coming from?,” I gently asked.
“Over there,” she answered, pointing at my right. I could not discern a thing.
“What is it?,” I asked, almost whispering.
“What do you think it is?”
“I believe it is the scent of hope,” I replied, as I felt my soul absorbing all the poetry of the room. All the history of my homeland.
The woman got closer to me, stared at me for a while and then said:
"It is the scent of lemon pie. You are at my coffee shop. You read two books, had three lattes and two pieces of lemon pie. I want to close my shop and go home. Are you ever going to leave?"
Dec 10, 15
* Also on my blog.
August 31, 2022
وایی اول از همه بگم که کتاب خیلی عجیب غریب بود ولی در عین حال خیلی دوست داشتنی. تا حالا توی این چند سال به جزء مسخ کافکا همین داستان های عجیب غریبی نخونده بودم،نویسنده اومده ۱۰ تا از خواب هایی که دیده که به هم پیوسته بودن رو توی کتاب آورده که خیلی تکان دهنده و سورئال و عجیب غریبن باید خیلی دقت کنی بعضی جاها و با تمرکز بالا بخونی تا بفهمی آخر چی شد ولی خیلی جالب بود من از سبک سورئال جادویی و عجیب غریب خوشم میاد.
October 5, 2019
Dreams is a weird little collection by Natsume, which comes across as very un-Natsume for its almost troubling, opaque surrealism. It's a series of ten, very terse vignettes he wrote in 1908 for a newspaper, which focus on, supposedly, dreams he had.
Like everything he wrote, they are well-crafted, but stranger than usual. I'd even go so far to place these in the field of some kind of early, proto-surrealism. They range from the outright bizarre (old guy tries to turn a rope into a snake, then commits suicide) to the profoundly unsettling (blind baby on wanderer's back leads wanderer to site of murder wanderer committed), so this might be a good time of year to check these out.
Like everything he wrote, they are well-crafted, but stranger than usual. I'd even go so far to place these in the field of some kind of early, proto-surrealism. They range from the outright bizarre (old guy tries to turn a rope into a snake, then commits suicide) to the profoundly unsettling (blind baby on wanderer's back leads wanderer to site of murder wanderer committed), so this might be a good time of year to check these out.
December 4, 2023
کتابی عجیب و غریب با چاشنی سورئال بود.
ده تا از رویاهایی که نویسنده (سوسه کی) در خواب دیده و اونها رو به قلم آورده.
عجیب بودن، گاهی بی سر و ته اما عجیب و هر از گاهی دلهره آور...
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این کتاب بعد از کتاب "باچان" دومی اثری بود که از ناتسومه سوسه کی خوندم.
ده تا از رویاهایی که نویسنده (سوسه کی) در خواب دیده و اونها رو به قلم آورده.
عجیب بودن، گاهی بی سر و ته اما عجیب و هر از گاهی دلهره آور...
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این کتاب بعد از کتاب "باچان" دومی اثری بود که از ناتسومه سوسه کی خوندم.
October 4, 2021
‘Batıya giden güneşin
Varıp varacağı yer doğu mu?
Söyleyin bana bu doğru mu?
Doğudan yükselen güneşin
Sılası batıya mı düşer?’
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On Gece Düşleri şunlardan oluşuyor:
*Soseki’nin 1908 yılında Asahi gazetesinde tefrika edilen 10 düş/öyküsü
*1911’de yine aynı gazetede yayımlanan öyküsü Tuhaf Bir Ses
Peki bu öyküler ve düşler neleri anlatıyor? Aslında temelde tek bir şeyi: Kopup gidememeyi.
Hastalığı ile boğulan Soseki’nin hayattan kopamamasını, Batı denilen kültüre-değişime kollarını açan Japonya’nın köklerinden kopup gitmemesi gerektiğini.
Soseki ‘bir düş görüyor’ ve anlatıyor, eski’nin güzelliklerini, zenginliklerini, zamanın da unutmayan bir yanının olduğunu ve bu yanının çok da acımasızlaşabileceğini.
Yine çabucak akıyor cümleleri. Soseki okumak benim için her daim keyifli bir keşif. Hem onun ülkesine hem onun yaşadıklarına dair.
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Zeynep Gençer Baloğlu’nun özenli çevirisi ve Murat Yıldırım’ın pek sevdiğim kapak tasarımıyla (Öyküler arasında paylaşılan çizimlerin de çok ince düşünüldüğünü söylemeden geçemeyeceğim) –
Varıp varacağı yer doğu mu?
Söyleyin bana bu doğru mu?
Doğudan yükselen güneşin
Sılası batıya mı düşer?’
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On Gece Düşleri şunlardan oluşuyor:
*Soseki’nin 1908 yılında Asahi gazetesinde tefrika edilen 10 düş/öyküsü
*1911’de yine aynı gazetede yayımlanan öyküsü Tuhaf Bir Ses
Peki bu öyküler ve düşler neleri anlatıyor? Aslında temelde tek bir şeyi: Kopup gidememeyi.
Hastalığı ile boğulan Soseki’nin hayattan kopamamasını, Batı denilen kültüre-değişime kollarını açan Japonya’nın köklerinden kopup gitmemesi gerektiğini.
Soseki ‘bir düş görüyor’ ve anlatıyor, eski’nin güzelliklerini, zenginliklerini, zamanın da unutmayan bir yanının olduğunu ve bu yanının çok da acımasızlaşabileceğini.
Yine çabucak akıyor cümleleri. Soseki okumak benim için her daim keyifli bir keşif. Hem onun ülkesine hem onun yaşadıklarına dair.
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Zeynep Gençer Baloğlu’nun özenli çevirisi ve Murat Yıldırım’ın pek sevdiğim kapak tasarımıyla (Öyküler arasında paylaşılan çizimlerin de çok ince düşünüldüğünü söylemeden geçemeyeceğim) –
December 5, 2022
Diyelim ki Soseki hayranı olduğum için pek objektif bakamıyorum ama hayır, ben aynı zamanda öykü sevmeyen bir okurum? Bu durumu eşitliyor. Soseki’nin kesinlikle en sevdiğim yanlarından birisi bu bu arada. Öykü sevmeyen okurları bile yola getirebilecek bir yazar olması.
Minimalist tarzını kısacık öykülerinde bile gösterebiliyor olması nasıl güzel. Karanlık kitaplarında bile sevimli. Hikayeleri sanat eserleriyle desteklemek ayrıca çok özel bir fikir. Beğendim ben.
Yahu dedim ya hayranı olduğum için böyle konuşmuyorum diye! Aa.
Minimalist tarzını kısacık öykülerinde bile gösterebiliyor olması nasıl güzel. Karanlık kitaplarında bile sevimli. Hikayeleri sanat eserleriyle desteklemek ayrıca çok özel bir fikir. Beğendim ben.
Yahu dedim ya hayranı olduğum için böyle konuşmuyorum diye! Aa.
November 9, 2021
çok şey beklemezseniz metinler fena değil... çok daha kötü rüya anlatımları okuduğum olmuştu...
ilk öykü güzeldi...
ilk öykü güzeldi...
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January 16, 2023ده شب پریشانی،در مورد ده شب خواب های نویسنده هست،برای من قلم نویسنده و اون حس و حال ژاپنی خواب ها ،سورئال بودن و عجیب غریب بودن خیلی دوست داشتنی بود،درسته دوست داشتم اینها توی قالب یک قصه باشه،اما اینکه وارد فضای خواب یک نفر بشی اون هم خواب های عجیب و غریب ،اتفاق های باورنکردنی خیلی برام جالب بود،من کلا ادبیات ژاپن رو خیلی دوست دارم و این کارم خیلی خاص بود اما فکر نمیکنم همه ازش خوششون بیاد
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January 2, 2022
دیدین یه وقتهایی اسم یه نویسنده رو انقدر کنار کلمه مورد علاقتون می‌بینین که حک میشه توی ناخودآگاهتون؟ ناتسومه سوسه‌کی برای من از همون نویسنده‌ها بود که یه مدت خیلی طولانی بخاطر کتابش به اسم : ما *گربه* هستیم توی ذهنم ثبت شده بود. روزی که ده شب رویا رو خریدم، اون جلد زیبای کاملا ژاپنیش قلبم رو لمس کرده بود. قرمز جیگر زلیخونی توی پس زمینه و کیمونو و چتر کاغذی.
راستش من راجع به نویسنده و زندگیش نمیدونستم. دانشم محدود بود به اطلاعات پشت جلد و وقتی متوجه شدم که ده شب رویا توی سال 1908 به نگارش در اومده همزمان هم ترسیدم هم شگفت زده شدم. ترسیدم چون فکر نمی‌کردم نویسنده‌اش سالهاست که دیگه روی کره زمین نفس نمی‌کشه و شگفت زده شدم چون کتابی خونده بودم که تقریبا مال یک قرن پیش به حساب میاد( همیشه کتابهای قدیمی منو حیرت زده می‌کنن. که چطور این نخ ارتباط از بین فاصله های زمانی پوسیده نمیشه و میتونه صد یا دویست سال بعد هم، همچنان به دست خواننده‌اش برسه).
ده شب رویا، روایت ده شب رویاست! از شب اول تا دهم هرکدوم از داستانها فضای خاص خودشون رو دارن. اما ویژگی مشترک همشون تیرگی فضا و ارتباط بین و مرگ زندگیه. فکر کنم اگه قرار بود من اسم این کتاب رو انتخاب کنم "ده شب کابوس" عنوان مورد علاقه‌ام می‌شد. موقع خوندنش حس می‌کردم یه توانایی جدید مثلا شبیه باز شدن چشم سوم دارم. برخلاف کتابهای دیگه، توی این یکی نه نوشتم و نه هایلایت کردم. فقط خوندم و حس کردم یه معنای جدید از هرکدوم از این داستانها دریافت میکنم که شاید بقیه دریافتش نکنن.
داستانهای شب سوم و هفتم تنم رو لرزوندن. موقع خوندن این دوتا، عمیقا احساس کردم که چشم سومم باز شده.
نثر رو هم دوست داشتم. مدل روایتش جوری بود که آروم و با مکثهای بیشمار دلنشینی میخوندمش. در عین تناقض پیوستگی جملات و مکثی که نمیدونم چطور توضیحش بدم، میخوندمش و انگار که بین موج های آرومی بدنم شناور باشه. آره، حسش این شکلی بود و دوسش داشتم.
راستش من راجع به نویسنده و زندگیش نمیدونستم. دانشم محدود بود به اطلاعات پشت جلد و وقتی متوجه شدم که ده شب رویا توی سال 1908 به نگارش در اومده همزمان هم ترسیدم هم شگفت زده شدم. ترسیدم چون فکر نمی‌کردم نویسنده‌اش سالهاست که دیگه روی کره زمین نفس نمی‌کشه و شگفت زده شدم چون کتابی خونده بودم که تقریبا مال یک قرن پیش به حساب میاد( همیشه کتابهای قدیمی منو حیرت زده می‌کنن. که چطور این نخ ارتباط از بین فاصله های زمانی پوسیده نمیشه و میتونه صد یا دویست سال بعد هم، همچنان به دست خواننده‌اش برسه).
ده شب رویا، روایت ده شب رویاست! از شب اول تا دهم هرکدوم از داستانها فضای خاص خودشون رو دارن. اما ویژگی مشترک همشون تیرگی فضا و ارتباط بین و مرگ زندگیه. فکر کنم اگه قرار بود من اسم این کتاب رو انتخاب کنم "ده شب کابوس" عنوان مورد علاقه‌ام می‌شد. موقع خوندنش حس می‌کردم یه توانایی جدید مثلا شبیه باز شدن چشم سوم دارم. برخلاف کتابهای دیگه، توی این یکی نه نوشتم و نه هایلایت کردم. فقط خوندم و حس کردم یه معنای جدید از هرکدوم از این داستانها دریافت میکنم که شاید بقیه دریافتش نکنن.
داستانهای شب سوم و هفتم تنم رو لرزوندن. موقع خوندن این دوتا، عمیقا احساس کردم که چشم سومم باز شده.
نثر رو هم دوست داشتم. مدل روایتش جوری بود که آروم و با مکثهای بیشمار دلنشینی میخوندمش. در عین تناقض پیوستگی جملات و مکثی که نمیدونم چطور توضیحش بدم، میخوندمش و انگار که بین موج های آرومی بدنم شناور باشه. آره، حسش این شکلی بود و دوسش داشتم.
October 27, 2023
نمیدونم چرا بعد از خوندن داستان های جن و پری از نشر چشمه
و حال نکردن باهاشون دوباره این کتاب و سفارش دادم و فکر کردم چیز ��البی برای ارائه دادن داره!
تا اینجا واقعا از انتخاب کتاب هام توی این مدت ناراضی ام.
تنها نکته مثبت این کتاب این بود که یه سری مفهوم هایی که برای ما غیرقابل تصوره رو تصویرشو گذاشته بود.
احساس میکنم این کتاب و باید توی حالتی خوند که سوبر نباشی
وگرنه خیلی چیزا میشه فهمید ازش
i dont know.
و حال نکردن باهاشون دوباره این کتاب و سفارش دادم و فکر کردم چیز ��البی برای ارائه دادن داره!
تا اینجا واقعا از انتخاب کتاب هام توی این مدت ناراضی ام.
تنها نکته مثبت این کتاب این بود که یه سری مفهوم هایی که برای ما غیرقابل تصوره رو تصویرشو گذاشته بود.
احساس میکنم این کتاب و باید توی حالتی خوند که سوبر نباشی
وگرنه خیلی چیزا میشه فهمید ازش
i dont know.
July 15, 2021
"Suncu što plovi ka zapadu,
Počinak je na istoku.
Istina li je to?
Suncu što rađa se na Istoku,
Kolevka je na Zapadu,
Istina li je i to?
Mi živimo na valima,
Na kormilu mi snevamo,
Dok plovimo, plovimo."
Poput svakog susreta sa nepoznatim kulturama, mitologijama i kontekstima, nerazumevanje je ono prvo što ispuzi sa stranica teksta. Srećom ova knjiga ima izuzetno lep pogovor koji prezentuje Sosekija kao autora sa njegovim osobenostima, ali i približava simboliku skrivenu u snovima optočenim pričama. Tako da sam ovu samo tekstom malenu knjigu pročitao opet nakon pogovora i tek onda istinski uživao u njoj.
Soseki predstavlja jednog od začetnika japanske savremene književnosti i to onog koji je lepotu video i u tradicionalnom feudalnom Japanu, ali i u uplivu zapadnjačke kulture u taj isti tradicijom obojeni Japan. Na taj način je i postavio priče, odnosno snove, u ovoj knjizi. Period Edo, ili period ratnika i tradicije, ima svoje priče, period Meiđi, ili period modernizacije, takođe ima svoje priče, a susret dva perioda koji se opisuje na imaginaran način takođe ima svoje snove. Karakteri likova iz različitih perioda su drugačiji, tradicionalisti su jaki i snažni karakteri dok su modernisti kolebljivi i bez jasnog cilja za svoje delovanje, ali jedni bez drugih ne mogu. Priče su svedene i bez detaljnih opisa prirode ili likova i često uključuju budističke sveštenike, hramove, zen mitologiju, samuraje i gejše kao nosioce simbolike, ali i savremene šešire i savremena prevozna sredstva u vidu bicikla, voza i broda. Ljubav i smrt u svom lirskom vezivanju predstavljaju osnovno pletivo i lajtmotiv svih deset snova. Sedma priča predstavlja srž ove zbirke i u njoj se susreću na prekookeanskom brodu Istok i Zapad, ali na moru negde gde između dve kulture, dva shvatanja sveta i dve mitologije. Tuga koju izaziva navikavanje na ono što je drugačije, prikazana je kroz lik žene u haljini koja plače i koja može biti Japanka nenaviknuta na život bez kimona, ili Evropljanka koja na brodu među istočnjacima ne nalazi nikoga svog. Glavni junak, dok gleda ženu koja plače i dvoje zaljubljenih koji plešu, oseća ništavilo i strah od novog nadolazećeg vremena i odlučuje se na samoubistvo. U dugom letu dolazi do katarzične spoznaje da modernizacija ne mora nužno biti kraj tradicije i da dubine mora nisu rešenje, ali kao i za mnoge životne greške nekada je jednostavno kasno.
Prevozna sredstva koja nam omogućavaju da brz prelazak velikih rastojanja, simbolički donose tugu, samoću i prazninu, što danas dobija i punu simboliku kada se informacija svetom prenosi trenutnu i kada imamo utisak da dan traje kreće, sve je brže i lakše, ali su ljudi sve nestabilniji, otuđeniji i odvojeni od kuće a to po Sosekiju može biti jedino pupak.
Svedeni snovi pretočeni u priče nose jaku simboličku poruku i upoznaju nas sa japanskom kulturom na, valjda jedini mogući način, zen način.
Počinak je na istoku.
Istina li je to?
Suncu što rađa se na Istoku,
Kolevka je na Zapadu,
Istina li je i to?
Mi živimo na valima,
Na kormilu mi snevamo,
Dok plovimo, plovimo."
Poput svakog susreta sa nepoznatim kulturama, mitologijama i kontekstima, nerazumevanje je ono prvo što ispuzi sa stranica teksta. Srećom ova knjiga ima izuzetno lep pogovor koji prezentuje Sosekija kao autora sa njegovim osobenostima, ali i približava simboliku skrivenu u snovima optočenim pričama. Tako da sam ovu samo tekstom malenu knjigu pročitao opet nakon pogovora i tek onda istinski uživao u njoj.
Soseki predstavlja jednog od začetnika japanske savremene književnosti i to onog koji je lepotu video i u tradicionalnom feudalnom Japanu, ali i u uplivu zapadnjačke kulture u taj isti tradicijom obojeni Japan. Na taj način je i postavio priče, odnosno snove, u ovoj knjizi. Period Edo, ili period ratnika i tradicije, ima svoje priče, period Meiđi, ili period modernizacije, takođe ima svoje priče, a susret dva perioda koji se opisuje na imaginaran način takođe ima svoje snove. Karakteri likova iz različitih perioda su drugačiji, tradicionalisti su jaki i snažni karakteri dok su modernisti kolebljivi i bez jasnog cilja za svoje delovanje, ali jedni bez drugih ne mogu. Priče su svedene i bez detaljnih opisa prirode ili likova i često uključuju budističke sveštenike, hramove, zen mitologiju, samuraje i gejše kao nosioce simbolike, ali i savremene šešire i savremena prevozna sredstva u vidu bicikla, voza i broda. Ljubav i smrt u svom lirskom vezivanju predstavljaju osnovno pletivo i lajtmotiv svih deset snova. Sedma priča predstavlja srž ove zbirke i u njoj se susreću na prekookeanskom brodu Istok i Zapad, ali na moru negde gde između dve kulture, dva shvatanja sveta i dve mitologije. Tuga koju izaziva navikavanje na ono što je drugačije, prikazana je kroz lik žene u haljini koja plače i koja može biti Japanka nenaviknuta na život bez kimona, ili Evropljanka koja na brodu među istočnjacima ne nalazi nikoga svog. Glavni junak, dok gleda ženu koja plače i dvoje zaljubljenih koji plešu, oseća ništavilo i strah od novog nadolazećeg vremena i odlučuje se na samoubistvo. U dugom letu dolazi do katarzične spoznaje da modernizacija ne mora nužno biti kraj tradicije i da dubine mora nisu rešenje, ali kao i za mnoge životne greške nekada je jednostavno kasno.
Prevozna sredstva koja nam omogućavaju da brz prelazak velikih rastojanja, simbolički donose tugu, samoću i prazninu, što danas dobija i punu simboliku kada se informacija svetom prenosi trenutnu i kada imamo utisak da dan traje kreće, sve je brže i lakše, ali su ljudi sve nestabilniji, otuđeniji i odvojeni od kuće a to po Sosekiju može biti jedino pupak.
Svedeni snovi pretočeni u priče nose jaku simboličku poruku i upoznaju nas sa japanskom kulturom na, valjda jedini mogući način, zen način.
January 31, 2011
Intriguing, but not as much as I was looking for. Maybe I missed something - I hope I missed something - but I'm not sure.
I was so excited to find this book, couldn't wait for it to arrive from Amazon. I'm facinated by dreams. I feel dreams are one of the still-untapped frontiers of the human experience, and I love to incorporate vivid dreams into my own writing. I couldn't wait to see Soskei's approach, see what sort of creation resulted from dreaming and writing by him. I mean, I read he was a major influence on many Japanese writers, including Murakami, and most of the reviews made this book sound amazing.
But for me, it falls flat. Mostly, it feels lost in translation. I'm sure that much more is there when read in Japanese, but in this version the sentences are minimalistic in a bad way. Details are conveyed with about as much enthusiam and depth as a pamphlet about flossing that my dentist always has in stock. A lot of these stories are very cool based on the strangeness of the details alone, but that is all you get. I wanted so much more. Of course, meanings can be speculated, but no more concretely than when hearing about someone else's strange dream then having them ask "what does it mean?". You can create all the connections and 'deeper meaning' you want, but nothing is certain.
That is what the book is, I believe. Soseki had a dream, then wrote it down. Interesting of course; he had facinating dreams and was outright about letting us know (most of the stories start out with the phrase 'This is the dream I dreamed'), but I thought perhaps there was more, that I had missed some of the depth. I immediately jumped on Google to search for analysis of this book, but there isn't much. I did find this quote though, from a forum posting: "One scholar, analyzing the components of the dreams, concluded that Soseki had actually dreamed them."
In the end, I'm pissed that I paid $15 for this, maybe 30 pages, of actual writing. The rest is a summary of Soseki's life in a format fit for the back of a cereal box, that and about 40 pages of the defintions for Japanese terms used in the works. Oh, and almost [completely] forgot, each story has a black and white picture or two of the most generic image of something "Japanese" from the story (example of a hair style, straw sandals, a paper lamp, etc.), that left me feeling like the expected reader was a second grader discussing Japan one day in Social Studies. Yep, that's it. This book treated me like I was a second grader studying Soseki for a day, prepared with top of the line technology available in 1983 (although this version was actually published in 2000).
I was so excited to find this book, couldn't wait for it to arrive from Amazon. I'm facinated by dreams. I feel dreams are one of the still-untapped frontiers of the human experience, and I love to incorporate vivid dreams into my own writing. I couldn't wait to see Soskei's approach, see what sort of creation resulted from dreaming and writing by him. I mean, I read he was a major influence on many Japanese writers, including Murakami, and most of the reviews made this book sound amazing.
But for me, it falls flat. Mostly, it feels lost in translation. I'm sure that much more is there when read in Japanese, but in this version the sentences are minimalistic in a bad way. Details are conveyed with about as much enthusiam and depth as a pamphlet about flossing that my dentist always has in stock. A lot of these stories are very cool based on the strangeness of the details alone, but that is all you get. I wanted so much more. Of course, meanings can be speculated, but no more concretely than when hearing about someone else's strange dream then having them ask "what does it mean?". You can create all the connections and 'deeper meaning' you want, but nothing is certain.
That is what the book is, I believe. Soseki had a dream, then wrote it down. Interesting of course; he had facinating dreams and was outright about letting us know (most of the stories start out with the phrase 'This is the dream I dreamed'), but I thought perhaps there was more, that I had missed some of the depth. I immediately jumped on Google to search for analysis of this book, but there isn't much. I did find this quote though, from a forum posting: "One scholar, analyzing the components of the dreams, concluded that Soseki had actually dreamed them."
In the end, I'm pissed that I paid $15 for this, maybe 30 pages, of actual writing. The rest is a summary of Soseki's life in a format fit for the back of a cereal box, that and about 40 pages of the defintions for Japanese terms used in the works. Oh, and almost [completely] forgot, each story has a black and white picture or two of the most generic image of something "Japanese" from the story (example of a hair style, straw sandals, a paper lamp, etc.), that left me feeling like the expected reader was a second grader discussing Japan one day in Social Studies. Yep, that's it. This book treated me like I was a second grader studying Soseki for a day, prepared with top of the line technology available in 1983 (although this version was actually published in 2000).
March 16, 2024
فکر میکنم اولین کتاب از ادبیات ژاپن بود که برایم حال و هوای فرهنگ سنتی آنجا را داشت. کتاب مجموعه‌ای از ده داستان کوتاه یا رؤیاست که بعضی از آن‌ها پر رمز و راز است. انتهای کتاب یادداشت‌های بسیار خوبی برای هر داستان هست که درباره واژه‌ها و اصطلاح‌های سنت�� ژاپنی توضیح می‌دهد. در متن داستانها هم گاها عکس‌هایی هست تا یک واژه را نشان دهد. مثلا «جیزو» که یک مجسمه کوچک و یا «شیمادا» و «ایچوگائشی» که مدل مو هستند.
May 22, 2018
..เนื้อเรื่องเเบ่งเป็น 2 ส่วนคือ ส่วนฝัน 10 ราตรี กับส่วนหลังคือเรื่องนกกระจอกชวา ที่เหมือนเป็นบันทึกการเลี้ยงนกของโชเซกิ ตามที่ลูกศิษย์คะยั้นคะยอให้เลี้ยง
..ส่วนฝันนั้น ทั้ง 10 เรื่อง เป็นเหมือนการเล่าความฝันจึงไม่มีเเก่นเรื่องที่ชัดเจน เเต่เเม้จะบอกว่าเป็นความฝันเเต่สำเนียงในการเล่าทำให้เรารู้สึกว่ามันคือเรื่องจริงมากกว่า เมื่ออ่านจบครบ 10 ราตรี จะเกิดคำถามว่าตัวเนื้อเรื่องต้องการสื่ออะไรออกมา เพราะมันไม่มีเเก่นเรื่อง ไม่มีตัวเนื้อหาที่จับต้องได้เลย เเต่เมื่ออ่านไปจนจบถึงส่วนคำตามของผู้เเปลจึงจะพอเข้าใจได้ว่าโชเซกิต้องการสื่ออะไร มีนัยยะหรือสัญลักษณ์อะไรเเอบเเฝงอยู่ในเนื้ออเรื่องบ้าง อาจจะไม่ได้ทำให้เข้าใจทั้งหมดเเต่ก็พอมองออกถึงสารที่โชเซกิต้องการนำเสนอไม่มากก็น้อย
..ส่วนเรื่องสั้นส่วนหลัง นกกระจอกชวา เเก่นเรื่องเป็นเพียงบันทึกการเลี้ยงนกเท่านั้นจริงๆ ตื่นมาดูนก ให้อาหาร ตอนเย็นนำกรงใส่กล่อง มีเเค่นี้ เเต่กลับอ่านเพลินเสียอย่างนั้น
..กลับกันจากส่วนฝัน เเม้ว่าเนื้อเรื่องจะกล่าวอย่างเป็นบันทึกความทรงจำ เเต่สำนวนการเล่าทำให้เราคิดว่ามันเป็นความฝันของโชเซกิมากกว่าส่วนเเรกด้วยซ้ำ
คิดว่าเป็นเล่มที่ถ้ากลับมาอ่านอีกครั้งเมื่อเวลาผ่านไป สิ่งที่ได้จากเล่มนี้คงไม่เหมือนเดิม เพราะมันมีช่องว่างให้ผู้อ่านตีความได้มากมายจริงๆ
..ส่วนฝันนั้น ทั้ง 10 เรื่อง เป็นเหมือนการเล่าความฝันจึงไม่มีเเก่นเรื่องที่ชัดเจน เเต่เเม้จะบอกว่าเป็นความฝันเเต่สำเนียงในการเล่าทำให้เรารู้สึกว่ามันคือเรื่องจริงมากกว่า เมื่ออ่านจบครบ 10 ราตรี จะเกิดคำถามว่าตัวเนื้อเรื่องต้องการสื่ออะไรออกมา เพราะมันไม่มีเเก่นเรื่อง ไม่มีตัวเนื้อหาที่จับต้องได้เลย เเต่เมื่ออ่านไปจนจบถึงส่วนคำตามของผู้เเปลจึงจะพอเข้าใจได้ว่าโชเซกิต้องการสื่ออะไร มีนัยยะหรือสัญลักษณ์อะไรเเอบเเฝงอยู่ในเนื้ออเรื่องบ้าง อาจจะไม่ได้ทำให้เข้าใจทั้งหมดเเต่ก็พอมองออกถึงสารที่โชเซกิต้องการนำเสนอไม่มากก็น้อย
..ส่วนเรื่องสั้นส่วนหลัง นกกระจอกชวา เเก่นเรื่องเป็นเพียงบันทึกการเลี้ยงนกเท่านั้นจริงๆ ตื่นมาดูนก ให้อาหาร ตอนเย็นนำกรงใส่กล่อง มีเเค่นี้ เเต่กลับอ่านเพลินเสียอย่างนั้น
..กลับกันจากส่วนฝัน เเม้ว่าเนื้อเรื่องจะกล่าวอย่างเป็นบันทึกความทรงจำ เเต่สำนวนการเล่าทำให้เราคิดว่ามันเป็นความฝันของโชเซกิมากกว่าส่วนเเรกด้วยซ้ำ
คิดว่าเป็นเล่มที่ถ้ากลับมาอ่านอีกครั้งเมื่อเวลาผ่านไป สิ่งที่ได้จากเล่มนี้คงไม่เหมือนเดิม เพราะมันมีช่องว่างให้ผู้อ่านตีความได้มากมายจริงๆ
November 28, 2021
فضاسازی ها خیلی جالب و وهم آلود بودند ولی جز این، چیز زیادی از مغز داستان ها دستگیرم نشد. شاید به دلیل ناآشنایی با تاریخ ژاپن باشد
December 14, 2022
Soseki’nin 10 kısa öyküsü ve sonunda diğer öykülere nispeten daha uzun olan Tuhaf Bir Ses öyküsünün dahil edildiği öykü kitabı On Gece Düşleri. Kitaptaki öyküler benim açımdan çok akılda kalıcı öyküler olmadı.
Puanım 3,5!
Puanım 3,5!
October 2, 2023
اولین کتابی بود که از این نویسنده میخوندم و حس وحال عجیبی داشت . کتاب از ده داستان کوتاه تشکیل شده . ده داستانی که ده خواب رو روایت میکنه . در پیشگفتار کتاب گفته شده اینکه این ها واقعا رویاهای سوسه کی بوده اند یا داستان هایی کاملا تخیلی مشخص نیست.😶
کتاب در سبک سورئال هست . داستان ها به هم ربطی ندارن و مستقل از همن اما همشون یه حس وحال رو دارن و به مرگ وزندگی میپردازن.
فضاسازی کتاب واقعا خوبه. از بین داستان ها برای من شب هفتم و شب نهم جالب تر از همه بود
ظاهرا از روی داستان های این کتاب یک فیلم هم ساخته شده. (ده شب رویا_ ۲۰۰۷) (این ده تا خواب به همه چی میخوره جز رویا)
اگه از کتاب هایی که فضای سرد وتیره ای دارن یا نویسنده ای که به جمله《و زندگی شیرین میشود》اعتقادی نداره خوشتون نمیاد، این کتاب به شما پیشنهاد نمیشه.
کتاب در سبک سورئال هست . داستان ها به هم ربطی ندارن و مستقل از همن اما همشون یه حس وحال رو دارن و به مرگ وزندگی میپردازن.
فضاسازی کتاب واقعا خوبه. از بین داستان ها برای من شب هفتم و شب نهم جالب تر از همه بود
ظاهرا از روی داستان های این کتاب یک فیلم هم ساخته شده. (ده شب رویا_ ۲۰۰۷) (این ده تا خواب به همه چی میخوره جز رویا)
اگه از کتاب هایی که فضای سرد وتیره ای دارن یا نویسنده ای که به جمله《و زندگی شیرین میشود》اعتقادی نداره خوشتون نمیاد، این کتاب به شما پیشنهاد نمیشه.
November 29, 2021
Japon yazar Natsume Soseki’ye geçen yıl ‘Cam Kapının Ardı’ ile hayran kalmıştım. ‘On Gece Düşleri’ adlı öykü kitabı belki öyle muazzam akılda kalan öyküler barındırmasa da yine de gayet iyiydi. Özellikle ‘Birinci Gece’yi yani ilk öyküyü çok sevdim. Ama asıl favorim kitabın sonundaki sürpriz. Türk okuyucular için ‘On Gece Düşleri’nin sonuna eklenen ‘Tuhaf Bir Ses’i inanılmaz çok sevdim. Yan odadaki gizemli sesi çözmeye çalışan bir hastanın kısacık öyküsü olan ‘Tuhaf Bir Ses’ çok rahat bir novellaya bile dönüşebilirmiş aslında. Ve iyi ki bu kitaba dahil edilmiş… (Son dakika dahil edildiği albümü sırtlayan çıkış şarkısı ışığı var ‘Tuhaf Bir Ses’te 😇)
September 27, 2018
ดูเหมือนไม่มีอะไร แต่ก็เหมือนมีอะไร สนุกดีนะ
มันเหมือนมีอะไรบางอย่างให้เราติดตาม ให้เเราครุ่นคิด
อ่านกลางคืนเงียบๆ อย่าไปคาดหวังอะไร ได้ฟีลดี
มันเหมือนมีอะไรบางอย่างให้เราติดตาม ให้เเราครุ่นคิด
อ่านกลางคืนเงียบๆ อย่าไปคาดหวังอะไร ได้ฟีลดี
January 28, 2015
Very surreal and imaginative, but, above all, beautiful, even though there is a creeping feeling. I have to admit, I was scared while reading the dreams. It felt like reading a script of a horror movie.
Perhaps that was because I had had an argument with my mother just before I started reading this. And, the words in the first dream petrified me: "But, I am going to die, there is no way around it."
I quarreled with my mom because of that - because she is dying and accepting it. Don`t get me wrong, she is not ill, she does not have cancer or any other kind of fatal disease. The reason why she`s dying is that she has turned into a zombie, rotting before my eyes, no hopes, no dreams, no ambitions or goals for the future. I can`t stand watching her like that anymore, and that`s why I confronted her, which escalated into a huge fight.
But, these dreams, they reminded me of my own fears and doubts. Maybe that`s why I was so scared while reading them. I was afraid that my own mother would metaphorically turn into one of these demons, haunting the living, because she wasn`t strong enough in life to fix her own problems. That`s what I`ve been afraid of, I just wasn`t aware of it.
It started snowing today in my city, and, although I prefer snow and winter to the other seasons, it seemed dull and uninteresting to me after the argument. But, as always when sometimes bad happens to me, I gut it out. I put on a coat and went out on my balcony to smoke a cigarette. I watched the tiny snow flakes or, as Japanese say yuki (雪） and indulged myself in the beauty surrounding me. I then went inside and read this work of art and things got back to its place again. The snow seemed perfect to me again.
This is fantasy, this is ecstasy, this is intoxication with beauty beyond our world and far beyond our reach. We do not live solely for ourselves. We live for others too and also for that sense of surreal, unreachable and unexplainable. At least I do. Fantasy is the other side of me, the one I will never turn away from.
Perhaps that was because I had had an argument with my mother just before I started reading this. And, the words in the first dream petrified me: "But, I am going to die, there is no way around it."
I quarreled with my mom because of that - because she is dying and accepting it. Don`t get me wrong, she is not ill, she does not have cancer or any other kind of fatal disease. The reason why she`s dying is that she has turned into a zombie, rotting before my eyes, no hopes, no dreams, no ambitions or goals for the future. I can`t stand watching her like that anymore, and that`s why I confronted her, which escalated into a huge fight.
But, these dreams, they reminded me of my own fears and doubts. Maybe that`s why I was so scared while reading them. I was afraid that my own mother would metaphorically turn into one of these demons, haunting the living, because she wasn`t strong enough in life to fix her own problems. That`s what I`ve been afraid of, I just wasn`t aware of it.
It started snowing today in my city, and, although I prefer snow and winter to the other seasons, it seemed dull and uninteresting to me after the argument. But, as always when sometimes bad happens to me, I gut it out. I put on a coat and went out on my balcony to smoke a cigarette. I watched the tiny snow flakes or, as Japanese say yuki (雪） and indulged myself in the beauty surrounding me. I then went inside and read this work of art and things got back to its place again. The snow seemed perfect to me again.
This is fantasy, this is ecstasy, this is intoxication with beauty beyond our world and far beyond our reach. We do not live solely for ourselves. We live for others too and also for that sense of surreal, unreachable and unexplainable. At least I do. Fantasy is the other side of me, the one I will never turn away from.
October 14, 2011
This is the good read I read.
A book was handed to me by a young man and a crow. I sat at my desk and read it with rapidity. Dream language filled my mind, sending it spinning in a furious and divine wind. It puzzled and challenged me. It reminded me of a plain prosed wake. A wake I'll have to finish again, as I will with this. There are riddles in this book. Riddles I have solved - others I have not.
I picked up my Havana hat - and discovered why.
A book was handed to me by a young man and a crow. I sat at my desk and read it with rapidity. Dream language filled my mind, sending it spinning in a furious and divine wind. It puzzled and challenged me. It reminded me of a plain prosed wake. A wake I'll have to finish again, as I will with this. There are riddles in this book. Riddles I have solved - others I have not.
I picked up my Havana hat - and discovered why.
May 11, 2020
la primera noche fue sin duda mi favorita, muy órfica y delicada ♡
October 23, 2021
Kısa kısa gazete yazıları. En çok ‘Tuhaf Bir Ses’ öyküsünü sevdim. Kısa anlatımlarında bile derinliği hissetmek mümkün. Çok etkileyici.
August 24, 2024
کتاب مجموعه ای از ده رویاست که همگی فضایی وهم آلود و سورئال دارن!
البته مشخص نیست که اینها رویاهای واقعی خود سوسه کی هستن یا زاده ی تخیلش،
اما کاملا حس و حال رازآلود و اسرارآمیز ادبیات ژاپن تو تک تک این داستانها به چشم میخورد!
بعضی هاشونو خیلی دوست داشتم و بعضی هاشون هم واقعا بی
سر و ته بودن..!
البته مشخص نیست که اینها رویاهای واقعی خود سوسه کی هستن یا زاده ی تخیلش،
اما کاملا حس و حال رازآلود و اسرارآمیز ادبیات ژاپن تو تک تک این داستانها به چشم میخورد!
بعضی هاشونو خیلی دوست داشتم و بعضی هاشون هم واقعا بی
سر و ته بودن..!
January 6, 2022
Interesante recopilación de relatos breves del maestro Sōseki. Nunca le había leído este género. Diez relatos frescos, sin mucha sorpresa, pero que, sin embargo, sirven de referencia (y estudio) de lo que fueron los inicios de la fantasía en la literatura japonesa.
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February 29, 2020This was... strange...
May 16, 2021
Very interesting book.
Book Summary
Legendary Japanese writer Soseki details 10 dreams he had. Some dreams were really fascinating. Some dreams were scary.
Dream Meanings
Most dreams had some very hidden deep meanings about (what I imagine) Soseki's own childhood and upbringing - as well as about old Japan.
The Writing
Soseki's writing style in this book really reminded me of Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories.
Final Thoughts
It was a pretty short read, and all-in-all the writing really reminded me of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.
3.1/5
Book Summary
Legendary Japanese writer Soseki details 10 dreams he had. Some dreams were really fascinating. Some dreams were scary.
Dream Meanings
Most dreams had some very hidden deep meanings about (what I imagine) Soseki's own childhood and upbringing - as well as about old Japan.
The Writing
Soseki's writing style in this book really reminded me of Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories.
Final Thoughts
It was a pretty short read, and all-in-all the writing really reminded me of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.
3.1/5
October 7, 2015
Natsume Sōseki, documents a series of his dreams to share with the world. For the most part, these tales don't read as normal short stories. They read as exactly what they are, dreams, with all the surreality and absurdity of dreams. They're interesting enough to keep the pages turning, but one stands out above the rest and is what really makes this book worth a read. "The 3rd Night's Dream" is an unsettling tale in which the narrator carries on his back a blind child who seems to posses an uncanny omniscience of the world around them. It's quite good. I'll say no more so as not to spoil it.
A very, very short book, not really worth a purchase unless part of a larger collection. However, if your library has a copy it wouldn't hurt to check it out.
A very, very short book, not really worth a purchase unless part of a larger collection. However, if your library has a copy it wouldn't hurt to check it out.
August 15, 2017
"Somehow the world has become unsettled. A battle may break out at any moment. There is panic in the air, as though an unbridled horse has plunged wildly from a burning stable and is day and night running amok, round and round the house and grounds, raucous grooms in pursuit."
November 10, 2020
بعد از تموم شدن کتاب، به نکته‌ی داخل پیشگفتار خیلی فکر کردم. این که آیا این داستانها بر اساس خواب‌هایی واقعی نوشته شده‌اند و یا ایده‌پردازی فکر شده دارن. چون حقیقتا وهم‌گونه‌ن؛ به اندازه‌ی کابوس‌های ناآشنا.
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