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The Gate (New York Review Books Classics) by Natsume Soseki [Sōseki Natsume], William F. Sibley (translation), Pico Iyer (introduction) is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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An NYRB Classics Original A humble clerk & his loving wife scrape out a quiet existence on the margins of Tokyo. Resigned, following years of exile & misfortune, to the bitter consequences of having married without their families’ consent, & unable to have children of their own, Sōsuke & Oyone find the delicate equilibrium of their household upset by a new obligation to meet the educational expenses of Sōsuke’s brash younger brother. While an unlikely new friendship appears to offer a way out of this bind, it also soon threatens to dredge up a past that could once again force them to flee the capital. Desperate & torn, Sōsuke finally resolves to travel to a remote Zen mountain monastery to see if perhaps there, through meditation, he can find a way out of his predicament. This moving & deceptively simple story, a melancholy tale shot through with glimmers of joy, beauty, & gentle wit, is an understated masterpiece by one of Japan’s greatest writers. At the end of his life, Natsume Sōseki declared The Gate, originally published in 1910, to be his favorite among all his novels. This new translation captures the oblique grace of the original while correcting numerous errors & omission

Who reads The Gate (New York Review Books Classics)?

Author

Natsume Soseki [Sōseki Natsume], William F. Sibley (translation), Pico Iyer (introduction)

Publisher

NYRB Classics, New York Review of Books

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781590175873

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, History

Rating

4.3 / 5 (140 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14