Botchan - format ePub

Kunstvolle Gedichte und tiefsinnige Gedanken über das Wesen der Kunst und der Natur sind das einzige, was der junge Protagonist dieses Romans, ein junger Maler, auf seiner ziellosen Wanderung durch die...

The Three Cornered World is the novelistic expression of the contrast between the Western ethical view of reality and the Eastern ethical view by one of Japan's most beloved authors. Natsume Soseki tells...

"The novel sustains throughout its length something approaching poetry, and it is rich in understanding and insight. The translation, by Edwin McClellan, is extremely good." —Anthony West, The New YorkerKokoro,...

One of Soseki's most beloved works of fiction, the novel depicts the 23-year-old Sanshiro leaving the sleepy countryside for the first time in his life to experience the constantly moving 'real world'...

Botchan is a modern young man from the Tokyo metropolis, sent to the ultra-traditional Matsuyama district as a Maths teacher after his the death of his parents. Cynical, rebellious and immature, Botchan...

Einer der berühmtesten Romane der modernen japanischen Literatur – höchst amüsant und in bibliophiler Ausstattung. "Gestatten, ich bin ein Kater! Unbenamst bislang." Mit diesen Worten stellt sich der...

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions [Edwin Abbott Abbott] Lady Susan [Jane Austen] R. Holmes & Co. [John Kendrick...

En 1914, le romancier, Sôseki (1867-1916), alors très célèbre, est invité à donner une conférence à l'Ecole des Pairs, où il a failli enseigner dans sa jeunesse. Avec humour et profondeur, il explique...

Un grand roman d'une légende de la littérature, un classique du catalogue de Rivages. Jirô, jeune employé sans histoire, doit rejoindre à Osaka un de ses amis pour une promenade dans la campagne japonaise....

Affecté dans un collège de province, un jeune professeur originaire de Tôkyô se heurte aux tracasseries de ses élèves et aux manœuvres de ses collègues. Drôle, satirique et malicieusement contemporain,...

Roman autobiographique : dans l'intimité du couple que forment Kenzô et sa femme, le quotidien scelle une entente faite de méprises et de malentendus.

Conférences présentées, traduites et annotées par Olivier Jamet. Écrivain-phare du Japon de Meiji, Natsume Sôseki prononça, entre 1907 et 1914, six « grandes » conférences où l’essentiel de sa vision...

Botchan es un indiscutible clásico de la moderna literatura japonesa y, desde hace más de cien años, una de las novelas más celebradas por los lectores de aquel país. Considerada el Huckleberry Finn nipón,...

Ein junger Mann flieht aus seinem wohlhabenden Elternhaus. Verzweifelt und lebensmüde sucht er eine Möglichkeit, aus der Welt zu verschwinden – und findet sie, indem er sich zur Arbeit in einem Bergwerk...

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"'Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step on board and we can take you anywhere you want to go.'"When the Knight Bus crashes...

‘Addictive. A first-class page-turner.’ Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me Can the past ever be forgotten? As soon as nurse Maura Lyle sets foot inside the foreboding Essen Grange,...

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A burned-out pop star stranded in small-town Kentucky can't help falling for her unlikely knight in shining armour - the notoriously grumpy owner of the local pie shop - in this charming slice of romance...

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"'Give me Harry Potter,' said Voldemort's voice, 'and none shall be harmed. Give me Harry Potter, and I shall leave the school untouched. Give me Harry Potter, and you will be rewarded.'"As he climbs...

The Brothers Karamasov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov...

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Jonathan Harker, a young London solicitor travels to Transylvania to help a rich nobleman, Count Dracula, purchase an estate in England. Dracula is planning to immigrate to England, and wants Harker to...

In the vast expanse of the treacherous ocean, a legendary tale unfolds, gripping the hearts of readers for generations to come. Immerse yourself in the thrilling world of "Moby Dick," a literary masterpiece...

The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was first published. Dickens's tale of childhood innocence beset by evil...

This ebook compiles Jule Verne's complete collection, including "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", "Journey to the Interior of the Earth", "The Mysterious Island", "Around the World in Eighty Days",...

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Fame. Fashion. Friendship. Hollie can't catch a break. She's broke, she's back living with her family, and her career prospects are precisely zero. So when the chance arises for her and her best friend...

As the interminable case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually being...

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An enchanting collection containing the first three novels in New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn’s beloved Bridgerton series set in Regency England—The Duke and I, The Viscount Who Loved Me,...

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"'There is a plot, Harry Potter. A plot to make most terrible things happen at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry this year.'" Harry Potter's summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy...

The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the Number One New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive. Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions with the future...

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The Thought Police, Doublethink, Newspeak, Big Brother – 1984 itself: these terms and concepts have moved from the world of fiction into our everyday lives. They are central to our thinking about freedom...