210th Day; Author: Soseki, Natsume; Author: Translator Tsunemalsu, Sammy; Paperback

Author: Soseki, Natsume; Author: Translator Tsunemalsu, Sammy
Paperback
96 pages
Published: November 2002
Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 0804833206

The 210th Day reveals another facet of Soseki's skills. Written almost entirely in dialogue form, it demonstrates Soseki's vivid imagination and his gift for striking images. It follows twofriend's attempt to climb the rumbling Mount Aso as it threatens to erupt -- recording their banter about their backgrounds, behaviors, and reactions to the things they see along the way. The 210th Day combines Eastern and Western genres -- the Western autobiography and the traditional Japanese literary diary -- into a work with a unified theme and atmosphere.A strikingly imaginative Japanese literary classic from a novelist of international repute. This novel follows two friends' attempt to climb the rumbling Mount Aso as it threatens to erupt, recording their banter about; their backgrounds, behaviours and reactions to the things they see along the way. The book combines western autobiography and the traditional Japanese literary diary.