Each chapter contains portions of some of Sōseki's essays on a particular topic published at various times in his life. The selections are embedded within the editor's narration of Sōseki's life and the circumstances of his writing.
London underground: a rhetoric of melancholy
Babashita traces: memories and the city
Shōhin episodes: in search of a Meiji upbringing
Burdens of domesticity: the writer and his family
Inside glass doors: the writer at his desk
Literary portraits: mentors, protégés, and eccentrics
Zôshigaya and beyond: re-membering Sôseki.
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Reflections in a glass door : memory and melancholy in the personal writings of Natsume Sōseki by Sōseki Natsume. ISBN 9780824833060. Published by University of Hawai'i Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
