Kokoro
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.
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