Natsume Soseki | The Gate Penguin Classics with Malkmus in the producer’s

with Malkmus in the producer’s seat

and contains quiet pockets of silence

Everything is darkly alive

from advertising to ‘gingerism’ and bullying

the Knight and the Dragons

Natsume Soseki | The Gate Penguin Classics with Malkmus in the producer’s9781805332510 02 07 26 PB Translated by Francis Mathy Soseki is the representative modern Japanese novelist, a figure of truly national stature Haruki Murakami A sensitive, skilfully written novel by the most widely read Japanese author of modern times Guardian Sosekis prose is so delicate that each page is like looking at a set of dreamy watercolours Telegraph Humble clerk Sosuke and his wife Oyone live in a modest house at the bottom of a cliff.