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Kusamakura [Grass Pillow]
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Narrated by:
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Kotaro Watanabe
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Elizabeth Jasicki
A stunning new English translation - the first in more than 40 years - of a major novel by the father of modern Japanese fiction.
Natsume Soseki's Kusamakura - meaning “grass pillow” - follows its nameless young artist-narrator on a meandering walking tour of the mountains. At the inn at a hot-spring resort, he has a series of mysterious encounters with Nami, the lovely young daughter of the establishment. Nami, or "beauty", is the center of this elegant novel, the still point around which the artist moves and the enigmatic subject of Soseki's word painting. In the author's words, Kusamakura is "a haiku-style novel, that lives through beauty". 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.
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This book has art as the main character is a poet and painter. Haiku are sprinkled in the book. The main character paints in Western style. He himself comes with that cultural tension, and sometimes some humor.
There is a young woman in the book and she is an essential part of the story. How much? I'd suggest delving into this book to find out.
The narrator has a very strong Japanese accent and it was my first time listening to a book narrated by him. It took me close to an hour to really get used to him. But he just made it more authentic. Be patient!
Is there a plot? Yes. Does it matter? No!
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Puzzling choice of narrator
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This beautiful novel deserves a better narration
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Aesthetic, but didn't strike me as overly deep
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Please use native level narrators
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