{"product_id":"ten-nights-dreaming-and-the-cats-grave-dover-literature-science-fiction-fantasy-short-stories","title":"Ten Nights Dreaming: and The Cat's Grave (Dover Literature: Science Fiction\/Fantasy Short Stories)","description":"A murderer discovers his true nature from a talking infant, a samurai is frustrated in his attempts to meditate, and a dying man bestows his hat on a friend in these surrealistic short stories. The dream-like, open-ended tales by the father of Japanese modernist literature offer thought-provoking reflections on fear, death, and loneliness. Their settings range from the Meiji period of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the era in which the tales were written, to the prehistoric Age of the Gods; the twelfth-century Kamakura period, in which the samurai class emerged; and the remote future.\nA scholar of British literature, author Natsume Sōseki (1867–1916) was also a composer of haiku, kanshi, and fairy tales. The stories of Ten Nights Dreaming, which were originally published as a newspaper serial, constitute milestones of Japanese fantasy. Like Sōseki's other writings, they have had a profound effect on readers, writers, and filmmakers. This edition features an expert new English translation by Matt Treyvaud, who has translated the story \"The Cat's Grave\" for this work as well.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0486797031\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0486797031.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Soseki, Natsume|Napier, Susan Jolliffe|Matt, Treyvaud|Emmerich, Michael\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Pages are clean with no markings. May show minor signs of wear or cosmetic defects  marks, cuts, bends, or scuffs  on the cover, spine, pages, or dust jacket. May have remainder marks on edges.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41736341848122,"sku":"DBV.0486797031.VG","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0486797031-0.jpg?v=1791610116","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/ten-nights-dreaming-and-the-cats-grave-dover-literature-science-fiction-fantasy-short-stories","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}