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"If we define our betters as those who have spent more years being tarnished by the world, then I can certainly claim to be your better."
Kokoro, or the heart of things, leaves readers with, to quote sensei, "the disturbing feeling that one's soul had suddenly moved on to inhabit someone else." It goes on a lengthy introspection about the nature of guilt, the cruelty of fate, and the failings of human philosophy. The story is quite too simple for 300+ pages, but the indecision and endless contem ...more
Kokoro, or the heart of things, leaves readers with, to quote sensei, "the disturbing feeling that one's soul had suddenly moved on to inhabit someone else." It goes on a lengthy introspection about the nature of guilt, the cruelty of fate, and the failings of human philosophy. The story is quite too simple for 300+ pages, but the indecision and endless contem ...more
A beautiful book (in a "quiet" way), and a very good translation.
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