{"product_id":"kokoro-9780486451398","title":"Kokoro","description":"Rich in understanding and insight.--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhat is love, and what is friendship? What is the extent of our responsibility to ourselves and to others? \u003ci\u003eKokoro, \u003c\/i\u003e signifying the heart of things, examines these age-old questions in terms of the modern world.\u003cbr\u003eA trilogy of stories that explores the very essence of loneliness, \u003ci\u003eKokoro\u003c\/i\u003e opens with Sensei and I, in which the narrator recounts his relationship with an intellectual who dwells in isolation but maintains a sophisticated worldview. My Parents and I brings the reader into the narrator's family circle, and Sensei and His Testament features the eponymous character's explanation of how he came to live a life of solitude.\u003cbr\u003eNatsume Soseki (1867-1916), perhaps the greatest novelist of the Meiji period, remains one of Japan's most widely read authors. He wrote this novel in 1914, at the peak of his career, and it remains an excellent introduction to modern Japanese literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-5834381\"\u003eNatsume Soseki\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.42d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486451398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0486451399\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC108000\"\u003eWorld Literature | Japan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42704202367213,"sku":"9780486451398","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_e8825d3d-5809-451c-9227-4724e50f67b3.jpg?v=1649993542","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/kokoro-9780486451398","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}