{"product_id":"the-miner","title":"Natsume Soseki: The Miner [2016] paperback","description":"From the great Meiji writer Natsume Soseki, The Miner is an absurdist tale about the indeterminate nature of human personality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It makes me very happy that I can read this novel written over a hundred years ago as if it were contemporary and be deeply affected by it. It cannot and should not be overlooked. It is one of my favorites' Haruki Murakami\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Miner is the most daringly experimental and least well-known novel of Japanese writer Natsume Soseki. An absurdist tale written in 1908, it was in many ways a precursor to the work of James Joyce and Samuel Beckett.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Jay Rubin, and with an introduction from Haruki Murakami, this is bound to appeal to fans of Japanese literature.","brand":"Soseki, Natsume \u0026 Murakami, Haruki \u0026 Rubin, Jay","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47984245473619,"sku":"XV81910709023","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/soseki-natsume-murakami-haruki-rubin-jay-the-miner-xv81910709023-55405710999891.jpg?v=1712951950","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/the-miner","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}