Mon "The Gate" by Natsume Soseki. Translated by Francis Mathy. 1982 Coward McCann & Geoghegan reprint, 217 pages. Soseki was a Japanese writer and novelist at the turn of the 20th century who explored themes of economic hardship, duty, and individualism. The Gate was published in 1910 and is considered the final part of a trilogy by scholars but not by Soseki.

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