tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867363623026037617.post358826545377801025..comments2023-04-10T10:29:57.089+01:00Comments on Lines from the Horizon: BotchanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867363623026037617.post-78112457853114905972012-10-04T12:18:56.786+01:002012-10-04T12:18:56.786+01:00I've read Grass on the Wayside many years ago,...I've read <i>Grass on the Wayside</i> many years ago, so my memories of it are very slight.<br /><br />This year I've tried to catch up with the gaps in my reading of Natsume and Abe Kobo, I think so far I'm slightly ahead on the Abe, so maybe catching up with Natsume will be for next year, perhaps in time for your challenge!.me.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02704944496306989406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867363623026037617.post-9508714955441563792012-10-04T10:05:49.801+01:002012-10-04T10:05:49.801+01:00I have the same translation, but in a previous Kod...I have the same translation, but in a previous Kodansha International version (I wish I had the Penguin version - I have the other three you mentioned!).<br /><br />I've now read seven of Natsume Soseki's works, and I've just got one in the post ('The 210th Day') and am waiting for another to arrive ('Grass on the Wayside').<br /><br />I'm actually considering a mini Japanese challenge, January in Japan, so they would come in handy if I managed to get that up and running :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546287562521628467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867363623026037617.post-78293435946304770332012-10-03T07:38:53.952+01:002012-10-03T07:38:53.952+01:00Thank you!, I think Botchan is the third or fourth...Thank you!, I think <i>Botchan</i> is the third or fourth of Natsume's novels I've read and agree that it would make a great starting point in exploring his writing.me.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02704944496306989406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867363623026037617.post-20785273910862002332012-10-03T01:40:56.870+01:002012-10-03T01:40:56.870+01:00What a wonderful, intriguing review you've wri...What a wonderful, intriguing review you've written. I most particularly am caught up with this line: "Botchan is a fantastic and bewildering character, and probably one of Natsume's most iconic, forthrightly clinging and pursuing to the truth as he sees it, (and by turns we see it), he also points to a certain reckless spirit as a family trait." I've long been meaning to read Natsume's books, and <i>Botchan</i> sounds like the perfect place to start.Bellezza https://www.blogger.com/profile/18073864187188953633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867363623026037617.post-85980494282115788122012-10-02T15:30:48.369+01:002012-10-02T15:30:48.369+01:00I've been meaning to read Botchan for sometime...I've been meaning to read <i>Botchan</i> for sometime, it's referenced to so often in other things that I've read. <br /><br />I also have two other novels by Natsume to read for the future, but he is an author I'd like to read more of.me.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02704944496306989406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867363623026037617.post-66468656452138700782012-10-02T14:06:46.076+01:002012-10-02T14:06:46.076+01:00This is another one on my interminably long list o...This is another one on my interminably long list of writers that I need to read (even have it)@parridhlanternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793548943992250238noreply@blogger.com