Soseki Natsume’s Botchan: The Manga Edition

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“Filled with light, satirical touches.” ? Donald KeeneReckless but unfailingly honest, Botchan is the youngest son in a middle-class Tokyo family. Following his graduation from college, he takes a job as a math teacher on the island of Shikoku, far from the city. Thrust into this alien small-town environment, Botchan encounters nothing but trouble from his students and fellow teachers. Among his tormentors are the pompous, two-faced vice-principal; his fawning sidekick&#8212the art teacher; the spineless principal; and a pack of brawny, prankster students ? all of whom seem out to get him. Mayhem ensues, but in the end Botchan prevails through honesty and dogged determination.A modern classic, Botchan rivals Soseki’s famous I Am a Cat in popularity in Japan. This is the funniest of Soseki’s novels, a penetrating portrait of a young man’s quest to survive the suffocating hypocrisy of everyone around him while remaining true

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“Filled with light, satirical touches.” – Donald Keene

Reckless but unfailingly honest, Botchan is the youngest son in a middle-class Tokyo family. Following his graduation from college, he takes a job as a math teacher on the island of Shikoku, far from the city. Thrust into this alien small-town environment, Botchan encounters nothing but trouble from his students and fellow teachers. Among his tormentors are the pompous, two-faced vice-principal; his fawning sidekick&#8212the art teacher; the spineless principal; and a pack of brawny, prankster students – all of whom seem out to get him. Mayhem ensues, but in the end Botchan prevails through honesty and dogged determination.

A modern classic, Botchan rivals Soseki’s famous I Am a Cat in popularity in Japan. This is the funniest of Soseki’s novels, a penetrating portrait of a young man’s quest to survive the suffocating hypocrisy of everyone around him while remaining true to his beliefs.

Recommended for readers ages 14 and up due to explicit language

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Dimensions 20.3 × 14 cm
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192
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English
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General – Trade / Code: K

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