num_pages: 240
description: Soseki’s acutely observed recollections of his unique experience as a Japanese scholar in Victorian London. The spectacle of a Japanese visitor to Victorian London was a rare one, and Natusme Soseki's observations contain unique snaptshots of London life. This new translation provides the perfect introduction to the work of one of the world's greatest authors, accompanied for the first time with a comprehensive critical introduction, and a wry fictional account of a meeting between Soseki and Sherlock Holmes.
language: English
title: The Tower of London
titlecomplete: The Tower of London
genres: Literature, Classics, Japan, Japanese Literature, Fiction, Short Stories, Travel
ratings_count: 138
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize
category: the Translation of Japanese Literature
publisher: Peter Owen Publishers