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Kokoro
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Literally meaning "heart", the Japanese word "kokoro" can be more distinctly translated as "the heart of things" or "feeling." Natsume Soseki's 1914 novel, which was originally published in serial format in a Japanese newspaper, "Kokoro" deals with the transition from the Japanese Meiji society to the modern era. Divided into three parts "Sensei and I," "My Parents and I," and "Sensei and His Testament," the novel explores the themes of loneliness and isolation. In the first part we find the narrator attending university where he befriends an older man, known only as "Sensei," who lives a largely reclusive life. In the second part of the novel the narrator graduates from college and returns home to await the death of his father. The third part of the novel recounts a letter that the narrator receives from the "Sensei," which describes the circumstances that caused his loss of faith in humanity and the guilt he feels over the death of a childhood friend which drives him to the reclusive life that he has led. A deeply thematic novel "Kokoro" provides an excellent introduction to one of Japan's most beloved authors, Natsume Soseki.
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“Pada akhirnya semua pembaca literatur Jepang akan berjumpa dengan Soseki Natsume, Osamu Dazai atau membaca Heike Monogatari. Dua yg terakhir sudah saya jumpai di tahun-tahun lalu.
Soseki Natsume sebenarnya sudah saya jumpai lewat Botchan, tapi tidak afdol kalau tidak berkunjung ke dalam hatinya yg terdalam, Kokoro.
Jikalau saya membaca Kokoro di masa-masa kuliah, mungkin akan terasa terhubung dengan perasaan tokoh utama. Sama kala membaca The Sorrows of young Werther karya Goethe. Cerita-cerita yg sekarang dilabeli dengan frasa "coming of age". Tapi membacanya di umur sekarang membuat saya lebih tenang dan tidak terbawa. Ini yg membuat saya salut dengan Soseki Natsume, bisa membawa dirinya memakai sepatu anak muda.
Cerita Kokoro berjalan dengan alur lambat dan berbeda jika kita sekarang terbiasa membaca fiksi dari penulis Jepang modern seperti Murakami, Higashino atau Kashiwai. Tapi torehan luka perlahan, slow burn, terus naik menuju akhir buku. Ada banyak hal yg saya tak pahami di alam pikiran tokoh Sensei. Terlebih cerita yg ditulis dalam suratnya yg panjang. Tapi itulah literatur. Saya dan Sensei terpisah banyak lapisan, jaman Meiji akhir, budaya Jepang dan kondisi keluarga. Paling tidak Kokoro bisa mengijinkan saya melihat semuanya dari jendela.
Selesai membaca Kokoro perlu waktu beberapa saat untuk membiarkannya larut dan mengendap dalam pikiran:
"Darahlah yg menggerakkan tubuh. Dan kata-kata tidak seharusnya hanya menggerakkan udara, tapi juga dapat menggerakkan hal-hal besar"
-Kokoro, Soseki Natsume-”Start a Book Club
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