"Filled with light, satirical touches." — Donald Keene

Reckless but unfailingly honest, Botchan is the youngest son in a middle-class Tokyo family. Following his graduation from college, he takes a job as a math teacher on the island of Shikoku, far from the city. Thrust into this alien small-town environment, Botchan encounters nothing but trouble from his students and fellow teachers. Among his tormentors are the pompous, two-faced vice-principal; his fawning sidekick—the art teacher; the spineless principal; and a pack of brawny, prankster students — all of whom seem out to get him. Mayhem ensues, but in the end Botchan prevails through honesty and dogged determination.

A modern classic, Botchan rivals Soseki's famous I Am a Cat in popularity in Japan. This is the funniest of Soseki's novels, a penetrating portrait of a young man's quest to survive the suffocating hypocrisy of everyone around him while remaining true to his beliefs.

Recommended for readers ages 14 and up due to explicit language

『坊っちゃん』 (ホーム社漫画文庫)英訳版

夏目漱石の代表作『坊っちゃん』英文コミック版。東京生まれの正義感あふれる「坊っちゃん」は、四国の学校に赴任します。個性豊かな教師や生徒たちとの出会い、そしてずる賢い教頭との衝突。わずか1ヶ月の出来事を、坊っちゃん目線のユーモアあふれる語り口で描いた物語です。明治時代の閉鎖的な風潮や権威主義への痛烈な批判、そして真っ直ぐで正義感あふれる青年の成長。単なる青春小説の枠を超え、普遍的な人間ドラマとして多くの人々を魅了し続けています。