Product Condition: Used Publisher: Shinchosha Bunko Author: Natsume Soseki Illustrations: / Pages: 354 First Edition Publication Date: October 25, 1948 Publication Date: April 20, 2021, 158th printing Synopsis: Shishiro Ogawa, who graduated from a high school in Kumamoto and entered a university in Tokyo, encounters Mineko Satomi, a free-spirited city woman, in a world where everything he sees and hears is new, and becomes strongly attracted to her... This work, which depicts the anxieties and confusions about academics, friendship, and love that everyone experiences during a period of youth, through Shishiro's journey from love to heartbreak, serves as the prelude to the trilogy that includes "Sorekara" and "Mon".