PublishedTuttle Publishing, July 2024 |
ISBN9784805317822 |
FormatSoftcover, 192 pages |
Dimensions20.3cm × 14cm |
One of the most popular novels of all time in Japan - now available in manga form!
Reckless but unfailingly honest, Botchan is the youngest son in a middle-class Tokyo family. Following his graduation from college, he takes a job as a math teacher on the island of Shikoku, far from the city. Thrust into this alien small-town environment, Botchan encounters nothing but trouble from his students and fellow teachers. Among his tormentors are a pompous, two-faced vice-principal; his fawning sidekick, the spineless principal; and a pack of brawny, prankster students - all of whom seem out to get him. Mayhem ensues, but in the end Botchan prevails through honesty and dogged determination.
A modern classic, Botchan rivals Soseki's famous I Am a Cat in popularity in Japan. This is the funniest of Soseki's novels, a penetrating portrait of a young man's quest to survive the suffocating hypocrisy of everyone around him while remaining true to his beliefs.
'Filled with light, satirical touches.' - Donald Keene
Recommended for readers ages 14 and up due to explicit language
