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Kusamakura by Natsume Sōseki
May 15, 2018 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
$25featuring Marsha S. Collins, Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Distinguished Professor for Graduate Education, English and Comparative Literature
Natsume Sōseki (1867-1916), often referred to as the father of modern Japanese fiction, described Kusamakura as “a haiku-style novel, that lives through beauty.”— Google Books
“Kusamakura—meaning ‘grass pillow’—follows its nameless young artist-narrator on a meandering walking tour of the mountains. Written at a time when Japan was opening its doors to the rest of the world, Kusamakura turns inward, to the pristine mountain idyll and the taciturn lyricism of its courtship scenes, enshrining the essence of old Japan in a work of enchanting literary nostalgia.”— Penguin Random House
TUITION: $25, includes a copy of the book
Register online or call 919.962.1544
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