tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post4578725514595522856..comments2024-03-25T22:38:46.822+08:00Comments on in lieu of a field guide: Nowaki (Natsume Sōseki)Risehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-56388522230308197842012-04-05T12:16:36.350+08:002012-04-05T12:16:36.350+08:00Tony, I've yet to read these transitional book...Tony, I've yet to read these transitional books you mentioned. Very much looking forward to that.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-8647359961297443122012-04-04T20:52:49.629+08:002012-04-04T20:52:49.629+08:00I've read a lot of Soseki, but I'd never h...I've read a lot of Soseki, but I'd never heard of this! His early fiction is very humorous, but I think I prefer the transitional stage where the books become more serious but still have the dry humour peeping out ('Kusamakura', 'Sanshiro'). You make this sound great, so I'll have to hunt it down.<br /><br />And I have a copy of 'Mon' on my shelves, waiting Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546287562521628467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-84571678255205819922012-04-04T09:11:07.356+08:002012-04-04T09:11:07.356+08:00Gary, it had those same characters. "Fall gal...Gary, it had those same characters. "Fall gales" is good translation. Not sure who wrote the haiku. It was unattributed. Soseki's fiction is simply my favorite in Japanese lit.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-36280368762574118202012-04-03T20:40:58.975+08:002012-04-03T20:40:58.975+08:00Fall Gales (野分?)appears to be it's translation...Fall Gales (野分?)appears to be it's translation. the Haiku was it a quote or one of Natsume Sōseki's, this is a writer whose poetry I know a bit about, but need to explore his fiction more.@parridhlanternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793548943992250238noreply@blogger.com