

Similarly the illustrative quotes chosen here are merely those the complete review subjectively believes represent the tenor and judgment of the review as a whole. Please note that these ratings solely represent the complete review 's biased interpretation and subjective opinion of the actual reviews and do not claim to accurately reflect or represent the views of the reviewers. (.) Soseki's Kokoro has an unforgettable atmosphere of the loneliness and mysteriousness of man's relationship with man." - Anthony Thwaite, Times Literary Supplement

" Kokoro is perhaps his masterpiece: a slice of nineteenth-century naturalism purified and transmuted so that its final effect is poetic."The flowering cherries, the pomegranate trees - the novel suffuses the reader with a sense of old Japan." - Susan Salter Reynolds, The Los Angeles Times."(A) brilliant study of self-hatred and guilt." - Emma Hagestadt, The Independent.

* refers to review of an older translation Previously translated by Ineko Sato (1941) and Edwin McClellan (1957)ī+ : odd, elusively told - but build-up finally pays off.Translated and with an Introduction by Meredith McKinney.General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the author Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs.
