{"product_id":"botchan-natsume-soseki","title":"Botchan — Natsume Soseki","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"display:inline-block;background-color:#f0ebe3;color:#8b7355;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.03em;text-transform:uppercase;padding:8px 16px;border-radius:16px;margin:0 0 18px 0;\"\u003e🎧 Includes the full unabridged audiobook (LibriVox recording) along with the EPUB.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.04em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8b7355;margin:0 0 10px 0;\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA reckless, plain-spoken young teacher leaves Tokyo for his first post at a provincial school—and immediately collides with mischievous pupils, pompous colleagues, and a web of petty intrigue. Brisk, funny, and sharply observant, \u003cem\u003eBotchan\u003c\/em\u003e is one of Japan’s best-loved modern novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition uses Yasotaro Morri’s 1919 English translation and includes the complete five-hour LibriVox recording read by Availle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natsume Soseki\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTranslator:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yasotaro Morri\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e EPUB + unabridged MP3 audiobook\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLength:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11 chapters plus translator’s note; audiobook 5:07:49\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"nile-epub-preview\" style=\"margin-top:24px;padding:18px;border:1px solid #d9cdbd;border-radius:10px;background:#faf8f4;\"\u003e\u003ch3 style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.04em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8b7355;margin:0 0 10px;\"\u003eRead an EPUB preview\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cblockquote style=\"margin:0;padding-left:16px;border-left:3px solid #b79b75;color:#403a34;line-height:1.65;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause of an hereditary recklessness, I have been playing always a losing game since my childhood. During my grammar school days, I was once laid up for about a week by jumping from the second story of the school building.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome may ask why I committed such a rash act. There was no particular reason for doing such a thing except I happened to be looking out into the yard from the second floor of the newly-built school house, when one of my classmates, joking, shouted at me: “Say, you big bluff, I’ll bet you can’t jump down from there!” So I jumped down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:13px;color:#6b6258;margin:10px 0 0;\"\u003eA genuine excerpt from Chapter I of the included EPUB.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"nile-audio-preview\" style=\"margin-top:18px;padding:18px;border:1px solid #d9cdbd;border-radius:10px;background:#faf8f4;text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003ch3 style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.04em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8b7355;margin:0 0 10px;\"\u003eListen to a preview\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;justify-content:center;width:100%;\"\u003e\u003caudio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" style=\"display:block;width:min(100%,640px);margin:0 auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/nile-bookstore-previews.bannaga.workers.dev\/audio\/botchan.mp3\"\u003eYour browser does not support audio playback.\u003c\/audio\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:13px;color:#6b6258;margin:8px 0 0;\"\u003eA genuine sample from the included public-domain LibriVox audiobook.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:12px;color:#777;margin-top:18px;\"\u003ePublic-domain text and recording in the United States. Original Nile Book Store cover design.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Natsume Soseki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50153745219832,"sku":"EN-8868","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0802\/4798\/0280\/files\/botchan-natsume-soseki-cover.png?v=1786632095","url":"https:\/\/nilebookstore.com\/products\/botchan-natsume-soseki","provider":"Nile Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}