Botchan: A Modern Classic
by Soseki Natsume
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Author: Soseki NatsumeTranslator: Joel Cohn
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-03-16
ISBN: 4770030487
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Kodansha USA
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Book Review: Boys will be boys
Summary: 5 Stars
- and there's no age limit.
Botchan, our protagonist, is his own worst enemy. Proud of his "honesty", he is hopelessly unable to recognize the same trait in others (or its absence).
Somehow being certified as a middle-school teacher, he takes a job in a small town far from his native Tokyo. Finding himself to be a very large round peg with no hope of fitting into the small square hole, he manages to alienate all he meets.
A short tale of the universal frailties of man, this is amazingly funny. The group of players exhibit all the stereotypical qualities needed to make this, on the surface, merely a farce. Deeper insight into the Japan of more than a century ago will come when you stop laughing.
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