Nowaki by Natsume Sōseki
A reflective novella about a disillusioned young intellectual who drifts from Tokyo to the provinces and becomes involved with a struggling family; through quiet acts of generosity, personal pride, and painful self-sacrifice he confronts the gulf between ideals and social reality, and the story ends in a subdued, morally ambiguous resolution that questions the costs of compassion and honor in a changing modern world.
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- Published
- 1907
- Nationality
- Japanese
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- Original Language
- Japanese
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- Alternate Titles
- - 野分
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