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Meian

Cixin Liu

1971396 pagesabout 6–9 hours
1971
first published
  • 1971Owen · 397 pages · ENGISBN 9780720604009
  • 1971University of Hawaii Press · 397 pages · ENGISBN 9780870227707
  • 1985Picador · 396 pages · ENGISBN 9780330286886

"Japan's preeminent modern novelist, Natsume Sôseki (1867-1916), may be better known for his works of fiction Kokoro, Botchan, and I Am a Cat, than for his last novel, Meian, uncompleted at his death, which remains something of an enigma -- a neglected masterpiece. A simple plot summary doesn't do it justice: the marriage of Tsuda and O-Nobu is threatened when Kobayashi and others begin dropping hints about another woman. Tsuda departs on a trip to rendezvous with the woman in question, Kiyoko, his former fiancée. The novel is a study of human character, a marriage tested, and what it means to be an individual in the modern world." -- Amazon.com

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