{"product_id":"9780241739839","title":"Sanshiro","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Natsume Soseki\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eClassic fiction (pre c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 6 November 2025 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Penguin Clothbound Classics' series.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHardback | 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e205 x 136 x 21mm | 394g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gorgeous new clothbound edition of Soseki's cherished novel, with an introduction by Haruki Murakami'Even bigger than Japan is the inside of your head. Don't ever surrender yourself - not to Japan, not to anything'Soseki's work of gentle humour and doomed innocence depicts twenty-three-year-old Sanshiro, a recent graduate from a provincial college, as he begins university life in the big city of Tokyo. Baffled and excited by the traffic, the academics and - most of all - the women, Sanshiro must find his way amongst the sophisticates that fill his new life. An incisive social and cultural commentary, Sanshiro is also a subtle study of first love, tradition and modernization, and the idealism of youth against the cynicism of middle age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Penguin Classics edition of Soseki's beloved novel is translated by Jay Rubin with an introduction by Haruki Murakami.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Natsume Soseki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56261283316037,"sku":"9780241739839","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780241739839_6935327f-e75b-4c63-aa3d-2628dddec77a.jpg?v=1773740007","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780241739839","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}