Xie Xiao Ji [Japanese]

Hint: You can preview this book by clicking on "Preview" which is located under the cover of this book. About the author: Futabatei Shimei (二葉亭 四迷?, 4 April 1864 – 10 May 1909) was a Japanese author, translator, and literary critic. Born Hasegawa Tatsunosuke (長谷川 辰之助) in Edo (now Tokyo), Futabatei's works are in the realist style popular in the mid- to late-19th century. His work Ukigumo (Floating Clouds, 1887) is widely hailed as Japan's first modern novel.After quitting his studies at the Russian language department at the Tokyo Foreign Language School (東京外国語学校 Tōkyō Gaikokugo Gakkō) in protest over administrative restructuring, Futabatei published the literary criticism Shōsetsu Sōron at the encouragement of the critic and author Tsubouchi Shōyō in 1886. Futabatei's first novel Ukigumo was never finished, but its realist style strongly influenced fellow authors in his day. Excerpt from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futabatei_Shimei