{"product_id":"natsume-soseki-the-gate","title":"Natsume Soseki | The Gate","description":"\u003cp\u003e9781805332510\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e02\/07\/26\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePB\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Francis Mathy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Soseki is the representative modern Japanese novelist, a figure of truly national stature’ Haruki Murakami\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A sensitive, skilfully written novel by the most widely read Japanese author of modern times’ \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Soseki’s prose is so delicate that each page is like looking at a set of dreamy watercolours’ \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHumble clerk Sosuke and his wife Oyone live in a modest house at the bottom of a cliff. Oyone was once married to another man; now her adultery seems to hang over the couple’s marriage like a curse. Despite multiple pregnancies, they have no living children; and once affluent, Sosuke finds his income growing ever smaller. They are left with little besides each other and a beautiful painted screen to remind them of better days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen a series of crises rocks this shabby but harmonious domestic existence. Sosuke’s wastrel brother moves in; the couple find themselves forced to sell the screen to buy winter shoes; and Oyone’s ex-husband is rumoured to be visiting a wealthy neighbour at the top of the cliff. Beset by reminders of his flaws and failures, Sosuke runs away to a temple, hoping to escape into enlightenment. But can he learn what the monks have to teach him? Will he return to Oyone changed – at all? One of the great works of the literature of indecision, this is also one of the founding texts of modern Japanese letters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57635141615998,"sku":"9781805332510","price":10.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0983\/7608\/files\/2_1ddec775-c325-4014-8e63-52531e09a70e.webp?v=1782999207","url":"https:\/\/www.leftfordeadshop.co.uk\/products\/natsume-soseki-the-gate","provider":"Left For Dead","version":"1.0","type":"link"}