{"product_id":"9788496427099","title":"The Times of Botchan Second Volume","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the fictionalized version of the life and times of Japanese author \u003cb\u003eNatsume Soseki\u003c\/b\u003e during an era of great change in Japan from the traditional Edo period into the modern Meiji period (1867 - 1912). \u003cb\u003eSoseki\u003c\/b\u003e is considered the Charles Dickens or Mark Twain of Japan. His image even appeared on the 1000 yen note for two decades. He is best known for his novel \u003ci\u003eBotchan\u003c\/i\u003e, on whose times this book is based, and the short \u003ci\u003eI Am A Cat\u003c\/i\u003e which is integrated into these pages. In this \u003cb\u003esecond volume\u003c\/b\u003e the cat dies and \u003ci\u003eBotchan\u003c\/i\u003e is finally written. \u003cb\u003eTaniguchi\u003c\/b\u003e marries talent to a solid script by \u003cb\u003eSekikawa\u003c\/b\u003e to create a fresco of Japanese society towards the end of the Meiji period as Japan was beginning to open up to the West. What could have been simply an illustrated textbook becomes, in these capable hands, a narrative for adults of great artistic and historical significance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ponent Mon S.L.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47058473418992,"sku":"9788496427099","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9788496427099_p0.jpg?v=1763748834","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9788496427099","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}