This novel largely follows a man who visits a grave in Zoshigaya once a month, and who was cheated out of his inheritance by his uncle.
A character in this novel tries to "bury himself with books" by studying furiously for a year, but fails, causing him to "sink into deep gloom" by drinking sake. At its conclusion, that character notes that the painter Watanabe Kazan postponed his own death to complete his painting Kantan, explaining why he took ten days to write a letter. In the second section of this novel, the narrator becomes estranged from his elder brother in Kyushu, and abandons his dying father to take a train to Tokyo. This novel largely follows a man who visits a grave in Zoshigaya once a month, and who was cheated out of his inheritance by his uncle. The narrator of this novel learns that a young man named K. killed himself after his best friend proposes to a landlady's daughter. This novel, whose title is often translated as "heart of things", centers on a recluse called Sensei. For 10 points, name this novel by Natsume Soseki.
A character in this novel tries to "bury himself with books" by studying furiously for a year, but fails, causing him to "sink into deep gloom" by drinking sake.
Kokoro