An impetuous young graduate, born and bred in Tokyo, sets off from the capital to assume a teaching position at a provincial school only to find himself embroiled in every kind of small-town shenanigans and the machinations of the teaching staff themselves. The deputy headmaster has schemes to lay his hands on the local beauty, Madonna, and does battle with his arch-enemy Hotta, while the bewildered narrator dreams only of being reunited with his faithful servant Kiyo. Written with enormous verve and panache, Botchan is by turns deeply moving and deceptively complex. The novel is here accompanied for the first time with a comprehensive critical introduction by Dr Damian Flanagan.
- ISBN10 1099435021
- ISBN13 9781099435027
- Publish Date 20 May 2019 (first published 1 April 2005)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Kindle Direct Publishing
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 112
- Language English