Kokoro

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Kokoro, meaning 'heart', is a tantalising novel about the friendship between a young man and an enigmatic elder whom he calls Sensei. Set in the early twentieth century, when the d eath of the emperor Meiji gave way to a new era in Japanese politicial and cultural life, the novel enacts the transition from one generation to the next in the dynamic between Sensei, who is haunted by mysterious events in his past, and the unnamed young man, one of the new generation's elite who will inherit the coming era. Format: Paperback Published: UK, 2010 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Pages: 256 Language: English ISBN 13: 9780143106036 ISBN 10:0143106031 Show more