Can't believe it. I actually finished up a book from the library in just less than a week. Is the story really that interesting? I do not know. I'm just attracted to the summary and thought it'll just be another book that is going to keep me company but no!
The storyline seems to be good.
The novel was written in 1914. It is set a few years before and is divided into three parts. In the first part, Sensei and I, the narrator, a student, befriends an older man, Sensei (most of the characters' real names are not given). Sensei lives as a recluse, interacting only with his wife and the narrator but still maintaining a distance between himself and them. He regularly visits the grave of a friend, but for the moment refuses to tell the narrator any details of his earlier life. In the second part, My Parents and I, the narrator returns to his home in the country to await his father's death. As his father lies dying, the narrator receives a letter from Sensei which is recounted in the third part of the novel, Sensei and His Testament. Sensei reveals that in his own university days he was cheated out of most of his fortune by his uncle. Later he and his childhood friend (known only as K) moved into the same house and both fell in love with the landlady's daughter. Sensei proposed first and drove his friend to commit suicide; the girl then became Sensei's wife. In 1912, Sensei is prompted by the suicide of General Nogi Maresuke (following the death of the Meiji Emperor) to take his own life, writing the letter to his only friend to explain his decision.
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokoro
The storyline seems to be good.
The novel was written in 1914. It is set a few years before and is divided into three parts. In the first part, Sensei and I, the narrator, a student, befriends an older man, Sensei (most of the characters' real names are not given). Sensei lives as a recluse, interacting only with his wife and the narrator but still maintaining a distance between himself and them. He regularly visits the grave of a friend, but for the moment refuses to tell the narrator any details of his earlier life. In the second part, My Parents and I, the narrator returns to his home in the country to await his father's death. As his father lies dying, the narrator receives a letter from Sensei which is recounted in the third part of the novel, Sensei and His Testament. Sensei reveals that in his own university days he was cheated out of most of his fortune by his uncle. Later he and his childhood friend (known only as K) moved into the same house and both fell in love with the landlady's daughter. Sensei proposed first and drove his friend to commit suicide; the girl then became Sensei's wife. In 1912, Sensei is prompted by the suicide of General Nogi Maresuke (following the death of the Meiji Emperor) to take his own life, writing the letter to his only friend to explain his decision.
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokoro