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Sanshiro

By: Natsume Soseki, Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin
Narrated by: Andrew Koji
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Brought to you by Penguin.

This Penguin Classic is performed by Andrew Koji, best known for Warrior and Snake Eyes. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Murakami.

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' of Tokyo, its women and university. In the subtle tension between our appreciation of Soseki's lively humour and our awareness of Sanshiro's doomed innocence, the novel comes to life. Sanshiro is also penetrating social and cultural commentary.

©2009 Natsume Soseki (P)2021 Penguin Audio
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Great way to spend a rainy afternoon

Sanshiro is my fist Seoseki novel. I'm a huge fan of Murikami, so I gave it a try. The story was a bit slow at times, but felt honest and innocent, like the main character. Considering the time frame, the MC didn't really embrace life the way the other characters did. He really did feel like a much younger character. I did like the narrator a lot though. He seemed to be having fun with the material. Sweet coming of age story, overall.

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Japanese young adults in the early 20th century

It’s an interesting time period when this novel takes place and was written. I appreciated getting to know the cultural transition that was taking place in which the first sparkles of feminism were starting to be seen, but still a long way ahead. It leaves much to be desired when compared to modern novels, but you can feel the treads that inspired authors such as Murakami.

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Narration was monotone and difficult to follow

Everyone sounded the same. Everyone had the same tone. No one inflected anything ever. Probably would have liked the story if I’d read it.

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This story had no point.

It just didn’t go anywhere. It wasn’t bad, there just wasn’t really even a plot. Just some Japanese college students hanging out.

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