【Masterpieces of Modern Japanese Literature(54)】
Yume Juya (Ten Nights of Dreams)
Soseki Natsume
Narrated by Nana Nagao
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“I had a dream like this. Sitting by her pillow with my arms folded, I saw a woman lying on her back. In a quiet voice, she said, “I am going to die.” She had laid her long hair upon the pillow, and rested her softly contoured, oval face upon it. Beneath her perfectly white cheeks, a warm tint of blood shone just enough, and her lips, of course, were red. She did not look as if she were about to die at all. Yet in that calm voice, she clearly said, “I am going to die.” I thought to myself, surely this is death. So I leaned over and looked down at her, asking, “Is that so? Are you really going to die?” “Yes, I am,” she said—and opened her eyes wide.”
Author : Sōseki Natsume
Narrator : Nana Nagao
Produced by：Koé no Shoten
Special Thanks：Shigoto, Inc.
Listening Length：01:09:17
Release Date：2025/11/3
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
1867 – 1916
Born in Babashita, Ushigome, Edo (present-day Kikui-chō, Shinjuku, Tokyo). His real name was Kinnosuke. After graduating from the Department of English Literature at the Imperial University, he taught English at Matsuyama Middle School and the Fifth High School before studying in Britain. Upon his return to Japan, he became a lecturer at Tokyo Imperial University. In 1905, he made his literary debut with I Am a Cat. He went on to write many masterpieces, including Botchan, Kusamakura, Sanshirō, Sorekara (And Then), Mon (The Gate), Higan sugi made, Kōjin (The Wayfarer), Kokoro, Michikusa, and Meian (Light and Darkness). He is regarded as one of the foremost literary figures of modern Japan.