Mon (The gate)
| ISBN: | 039950608X, 9780399506086 |
| OCLC Number: | 652359434 |
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| Author: | Natsume Soseki |
| Translator: | Francis Mathy |
| Language: | en |
| Publisher: | Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1972, 1982; Putnam, 1972, 1982; Tuttle, 1972, 2000; Perigee Books, 1982; Peter Owen, Distributed in the USA by Dufour Editions, 2006 |
| Publication Place: | New York; New York; Rutland, VT; New York; Chester Springs, PA |
| Japanese Copyright Year: | 1910 |
| English Publication Date: | 1972 |
| Notes: | Japanese title: Mon. Introduction by Damian Flanagan, Peter Owen 2006 |
| Related: | UNESCO collection of representative works: Japanese series |
| Abstract: | The Gate describes the world of the humble clerk Sosuke and his wife Oyone, living in quiet obscurity in a house at the bottom of a cliff. Childless, the couple find themselves having to take responsibility for Sosuke's younger brother. Oyone's health begins to fail, and news that Oyone's ex-husband will be visiting near by promotes a sense of crisis in Sosuke and forces him to abandon his life of quiet domesticity. |
| Subjects: | Japan, Social conditions, Fiction Natsume Soseki, Translations into English |