Burnside Rare Books

Kokoro

Soseki, Natsume; McClelland, Edwin (Translator)

Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1957.

First American edition. vi, (1), 248 pp. Original blue cloth with red title band, gilt lettering. Near Fine with slightly dulled spine, in Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket, slightly chipped and rubbed. A nice copy.

Peter France writes in The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation, "One of the first modern novels in translation to make a significant positive impact upon the reputation of Japanese fiction in the West was Edwin McClellan's elegant, seamless rendition of Natsume Soseki's 1914 novel, Kokoro." Rare. Item #140937543

Price: $250.00