貓之墓

by Natsume Sōseki, 夏目漱石

　　夏目漱石是日本近代文學的傑出代表，在日本有「國民大作家」之稱。他於日本自然主義勃興時期步入文壇，作品貼近現實，多為表現普通人的生活，尤其是知識分子內心矛盾又找不到出路的痛苦心情，既富有濃厚的時代氣息，更秉有強烈的倫理道德意識和個人主義精神。

　　本書擇取了夏目漱石若干隨筆作品匯集成冊，包括對故去懷念友人的《子規的畫》、寫生活中的黑色幽默《貓之墓》等，這些隨筆具有鮮明的夏目漱石風格，語言平實、質樸並帶著平民特有的詼諧色彩。

256 pages, Paperback

Published July 13, 2022

About the author

Natsume Sōseki (夏目 漱石), born Natsume Kinnosuke (夏目 金之助), was a Japanese novelist. He is best known for his novels Kokoro, Botchan, I Am a Cat and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. He was also a scholar of British literature and composer of haiku, kanshi, and fairy tales. From 1984 until 2004, his portrait appeared on the front of the Japanese 1000 yen note. In Japan, he is often considered the greatest writer in modern Japanese history. He has had a profound effect on almost all important Japanese writers since.

Reviews

[みか · Rating 5 out of 5]

He did not look like someone stretching out to luxuriate in the sun's rays; rather, he seemed to lack any way to move - no, this does not fully describe it. It appeared that his listlessness had grown so great that, as lonely as it was to stay unmoving, to move would have been still lonelier, leaving him with no choice but to stay where he was, enduring things as best as he could. His gaze was always fixed on the garden, but I doubt he saw the leaves on the bushes, or the shapes in which they grew. That was just where his greenish-yellow eyes happened to be resting. Just as the children no longer recognized his existence, he did not seem to clearly register the existence of the world around him either.

[Angel · Rating 5 out of 5]

很久沒有一口氣看完一本書了。
以前在東京大學的課上讀過夏目漱石的【我的個人主義】英文版，所以買了這本作品集。
除了【我的個人主義】，【模仿與獨立】和【現代日本的開化】也非常值得一看。