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Kusamakura

Natsume Sōseki

Form
Form Novel
Year
Year 1906
Originally in
Originally in Japanese
Pages
Pages 160

Approach everything rationally and you become harsh; pole along in the stream of emotions and you will be swept away. So begins a painter's climb into the mountains, in flight from a world he has decided is unlivable, determined to look at everything, people included, as though it were already a picture.

Heigh-ho, this is a disagreeable world to live in.
Kusamakura, Natsume Sōseki

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