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Kusamakura
Translated with an Introduction by
Meredith McKinney
Natsume Sōseki, the father of modern
Japanese fiction, wrote Kusamakura intent
on creating a “haiku style novel . . . that
lives through beauty.” This stunning new
translation—the first in more than forty
years—marvelously captures the elegant
beauty of Sōseki’s remarkable novel.
192 pp. 978-0-14-310519-0 $14.00
Sanshiro- Translated by Jay Rubin
Introduction by Haruki Murakami
So- seki’s only coming-of-age novel,
Sanshiro- ō depicts the eponymous young
protagonist as he leaves the sleepy
countryside to attend a university in the
constantly moving “real world” of Tokyo.
Baffled and excited by the traffic, the
academics, and—most of all—the women,
Sanshiro- ō must find his way among the
sophisticates that fill his new life.
256 pp. 978-0-14-045562-5 $16.00
edMuNd speNser
c. 1552 – 1599, english
The Faerie Queene
Edited by Thomas P. Roche, Jr. with
C. Patrick O’Connell, Jr.
The first English-language epic, Spenser’s
masterful extended allegory of knightly
virtue and supreme grace brilliantly unites
medieval romance to Renaissance epic.
1,248 pp. 978-0-14-042207-8 $20.00
222 penguin classics
The Shorter Poems
Edited by Richard A. McCabe
Spenser showed his supreme versatility
and skill as a eulogist, satirist, pastoral
poet, and prophet in his shorter poetry.
This edition is a sweeping collection of
his verse that includes The Shepheardes
Celendar, Amoretti, and Mother Hubberd’s
Tale.
816 pp. 978-0-14-043445-3 $21.00
beNedIct de spINoza
1632 – 1677, Dutch
Ethics
Translated by Edwin Curley with an
Introduction by Stuart Hampshire
Undoubtedly Spinoza’s greatest
work, Ethics presents a fully cohesive
philosophical system that strives to
provide a coherent picture of reality, and
to comprehend the meaning of an ethical
life.
208 pp. 978-0-14-043571-9 $14.00
st. beNedIct
c. 480 – 543, italian
The Rule of St. Benedict
Translated with an Introduction by
Carolinne White
Composed in Italy around 530 AD
but based on earlier compilations, this
document has been the defining guide to
daily prayer and work for the Benedictine
communities for fifteen centuries and
is a fundamental contribution to the
tradition of simple living that continues to
experience a renaissance.
160 pp. 978-0-14-044996-9 $12.00
See Bede.
eddIus stephaNus
c. 8th cent., anglo-saxon