Join us on a literary world trip!
Add this book to bookshelf
Grey
Write a new comment Default profile 50px
Grey
Subscribe to read the full book or read the first pages for free!
I want to read the book!
All characters reduced
Botchan - cover

Botchan

Soseki Natsume

Translator Yasotarō Mōri

Publisher: DigiCat

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Summary

Soseki Natsume's 'Botchan' is a Japanese novel that delves into themes of identity, social hierarchy, and cultural clash. Written in a witty and satirical style, the book follows the protagonist, Botchan, a young graduate who takes up a teaching position in a remote village. Through Botchan's encounters with the eccentric locals and his rebellious attitude towards societal norms, Natsume critiques the rigidity of the traditional Japanese society. The novel is a classic example of modern Japanese literature, showcasing Natsume's unique blend of humor and commentary on societal issues. The use of colloquial language and vivid characterizations make 'Botchan' a compelling read for anyone interested in Japanese literature and culture. Soseki Natsume, a prominent figure in Japanese literature, drew inspiration for 'Botchan' from his own experiences as a teacher in rural Japan. His keen observations of human behavior and societal structures are reflected in the novel's engaging narrative. Natsume's works often explore the tensions between tradition and modernity in rapidly changing Japanese society, making 'Botchan' a significant contribution to his literary legacy. I highly recommend 'Botchan' to readers who are interested in exploring the complexities of Japanese society through a captivating and humorous lens. Natsume's insight into human nature and his skillful storytelling make this novel a timeless masterpiece worth delving into.
Available since: 05/17/2022.
Print length: 120 pages.

Other books that might interest you

  • How to increase weight? - cover

    How to increase weight?

    BARAKATH

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    Do you want to wear big sized clothes? 
Do you want to intimidate others with your body size? 
Well, this funny audiobook provides you with all the funny ideas ever to do so. 
Listen and laugh. 
This is for you to laugh and enjoy only.
    Show book
  • Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex - cover

    Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex

    Mark Leyner, Billy Goldberg

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    Did the mega-bestselling Why Do Men Have Nipples? exhaust your curiosity about stuff odd, icky, kinky, noxious, libidinous, or just plain embarrassing? "No," you say? Well good, because the doctor and his able-bodied buddy are IN! Again! Now go-to authorities for that sort of thing, Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg, M.D., take on the differences between the sexes&#8212those burning questions like, "Why Doesn't My Husband Ever Listen?" or "Why Does My Wife ALWAYS Have to Pee?" and of course, "Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex?" plus plenty of others to keep you fully informed. 
Full of smart and snarky answers to an onslaught of new questions, all in the do-ask-we'll-tell spirit, that entertain and teach you something at the same time, Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex? offers the real lowdown on all the myriad of the things that everyone wants to know about all things anatomical, medical, sexual, nutritional, animal, mineral, but would only ask a physician after a few too many. Bigger, funnier, and better than ever, Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex? proves that in the battle of the sexes, as in most things, a little Q&A is a safe, effective, minimally invasive remedy.
    Show book
  • How Not to Get Shot - And Other Advice From White People - cover

    How Not to Get Shot - And Other...

    D. L. Hughley, Doug Moe

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    A cutting satire of race relations in the age of Trump and Black Lives Matter from the hugely popular comedian—one of ""The Original Kings of Comedy""—and author of the New York Times bestseller Black Man, White House. 
""White people are always giving out ‘helpful’ advice, such as: ‘Comply with the police and you won’t get shot.’ They’ve been doling out advice to black people ever since ‘I suggest you pick the cotton if you don’t like getting whipped.’ Not getting shot by the police has long been a problem for black people. Even when we had a black president! Now that we have a new set of overlords, with President Trump at the head, wouldn’t it be nice to get a little advice on how not to get shot?"" 
From the elections of Barack Obama and Donald Trump to the tragic events of Ferguson and Charlottesville, the subject of race has come to the forefront of American consciousness. Legendary satirist D. L. Hughley offers his own cutting observations on this contentious issue that continues to traumatize the nation, a wound made more painful by the ongoing comments and actions of the 45th president. 
Hughley uses humor to draw attention to injustice, sardonically offering advice on a number of lessons, from ""How to make cops feel more comfortable while they’re handcuffing you"" and ""The right way to wear a hoodie"" to ""How to make white food, like lobster rolls"" and ""Ten types of white people you meet in the suburbs."" 
How Not to Get Shot is a much-needed antidote in these distressing times.
    Show book
  • The Life and Adventures of Lyle Clemens - A Novel - cover

    The Life and Adventures of Lyle...

    John Rechy

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    “A funny, sexy, far-fetched coming-of-age story” from the award-winning, New York Times–bestselling author of City of Night (The Washington Post).   John Rechy—described by Gore Vidal as “one of the few original writers of the last century”—delivers a riotous bildungsroman that pays homage to the classic eighteenth-century picaresque.   Loosely inspired by Fielding’s Tom Jones, The Life and Adventures of Lyle Clemens follows the journey of handsome Lyle Clemens as he travels through the religious fundamentalist world of Texas to the gambling palaces of Las Vegas and the enticing traps of Los Angeles’s mythologies.   As Lyle approaches adulthood, everyone wants him to be something he’s not. His beautiful mother wants to make him into a reflection of the cowboy who abandoned her; a group of avaricious fundamentalists plot to convert him into “the Lord’s Cowboy” to rouse their televangelical empire to new frenzied heights; and the lovely Maria wants him to fulfill her varying fantasies of “true love.” When Lyle leaves home to make his own destiny, he encounters a gallery of charlatans and wistful souls, quirky gamblers, aging starlets, and wily pornographers.  The Life and Adventures of Lyle Clemens is “a potent compound of both sex and rapture . . . sly, smart, sexy and laugh-out-loud funny, but it is also tinged with sorrow and ultimately elevated into the realm of magic” (The Los Angeles Times Book Review).   “Ambitious and very funny . . . a tall tale, a simultaneously sweet and vicious satire of contemporary America . . . a comic tour de force and, at the same time, a truly heartfelt book.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
    Show book
  • A Christmas Blizzard - cover

    A Christmas Blizzard

    Garrison Keillor

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    A short comic novel about a Hawaii-bound holiday traveler who ends up stranded in his North Dakota hometown during a blizzard.A wealthy and depressed man (thanks to the economy he’s not quite rich enough to expand his cache of paintings by Vincent Van Guy, the famed Dutch realist) bound for Christmas in the tropics is abruptly summoned home to North Dakota to visit an ailing aunt. He arrives just in time to be trapped there by a blizzard. The electricity goes out, and when it does, figures from his childhood appear, and historical figures too, for a festive candlelit holiday. In his reverie, our man reaches an epiphany worthy of the season—he hears the harkening angels sing, he is awed by the silence of the night (dead quiet: not even TV) and when he is finally rescued, leaves North Dakota resolved to simplify his life.
    Show book
  • The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank - cover

    The Grass Is Always Greener Over...

    Erma Bombeck

    • 0
    • 2
    • 0 
    The “marvelously funny” and much-loved humorist explores the perils of suburban living in this New York Times bestseller (Vogue). For years, the Bombecks have heard rumors of a magical land called Suburbia where the air is clean, the grass is trimmed, and children don’t risk getting mugged on their walk to school. After watching their friends flee the city for subdivided utopias like Bonaparte’s Retreat and Mortgage Mañana, Erma and her family load up their belongings and cry, “Station wagons . . . ho!” But life on the suburban frontier is not as perfect as they had hoped. The trees are stunted, the house is cramped, and there’s no grass at all. But the Bombecks will make do, for they are suburbanites now—the last true pioneers! This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erma Bombeck including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.
    Show book