{"product_id":"botchan-natsume-sseki-9781609622213","title":"Botchan: (Master Darling)","description":"This English translation of 坊っちゃん (1906) was published in Tokyo by Ogawa Seibundo in 1918. It is a first-person narrative of a young man's two-month tenure as assistant mathematics teacher at a provincial middle school in 1890s Japan. A native son of Tokyo, with all its traits and prejudices, he finds life in a narrow country town unappealing - with its dull and mischievous students, scheming faculty, bland diets, stifling rules, and gossipy inhabitants. Impulsive, combative, committed to strict ideals of honesty, honor, and justice, he is quickly enmeshed in the strategems of the head teacher, \"Red Shirt.\" His sufferings and confusion continue to mount until finally he and fellow-teacher \"Porcupine\" are able to deliver a \"heavenly chastisement\" and escape the island, back to his one emotional attachment, Kiyo, the old family retainer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Natsume Sōseki\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609622219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609622213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 4.25w x 0.40d","brand":"Natsume S\u0026#333;seki","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44130061549823,"sku":"9781609622213","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b34ecb13-405e-479f-b9a7-e38c4c3baa1f.jpg?v=1687467350","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/botchan-natsume-sseki-9781609622213","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}