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Ten Nights Dreaming
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A murderer discovers his true nature from a talking infant, a samurai is frustrated in his attempts to meditate, and a dying man bestows his hat on a friend in these surrealistic short stories. The dream-like, open-ended tales by the father of Japanese modernist literature offer thought-provoking reflections on fear, death, and loneliness. Their settings range from the Meiji period of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the era in which the tales were written, to the prehistoric Age of the Gods; the twelfth-century Kamakura period, in which the samurai class emerged; and the remote future.
A scholar of British literature, author Natsume Sōseki (1867–1916) was also a composer of haiku, kanshi, and fairy tales. The stories of Ten Nights Dreaming, which were originally published as a newspaper serial, constitute milestones of Japanese fantasy. Like Sōseki's other writings, they have had a profound effect on readers, writers, and filmmakers. This edition features an expert new English translation by Matt Treyvaud, who has translated the story "The Cat's Grave" for this work as well.
A scholar of British literature, author Natsume Sōseki (1867–1916) was also a composer of haiku, kanshi, and fairy tales. The stories of Ten Nights Dreaming, which were originally published as a newspaper serial, constitute milestones of Japanese fantasy. Like Sōseki's other writings, they have had a profound effect on readers, writers, and filmmakers. This edition features an expert new English translation by Matt Treyvaud, who has translated the story "The Cat's Grave" for this work as well.
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“This slim book is filled with beautiful, fantastical writing. Ten different narratives from Natsume Sōseki's unconscious, each symbolising the author's hidden fears and past trauma. But it can also be interpreted as depictions of trauma and uncertainties from the unconscious of collective Japan from the Meiji Period when the nation was transitioning from a feudal society into a modern world brought about by its recent contact with the west. While the dreams carry a fantastical element, it parallely encapsulates the narrative within a realistic framework. The book ends with the story The Cat's Grave which isn't a dream but its placement in the book suggests waking up from the ten nights of dreaming into a world full of indifference, disenchantment and disinterest.”Veena Phumarunchotesakul
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About Natsume Soseki
Author Natsume Soseki (1867–1916) was a scholar of British literature and a composer of haiku, kanshi, and fairy tales. His works have had a profound effect on subsequent Japanese writers, and from 1984 to 2004 his portrait appeared on the 1,000-yen note.
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