Still timely after nearly half a century, The Heredity of Taste is Soseki Natsume�s only antiwar work. The heartbreaking story of love shattered by the realities of battle reveals Soseki�s attitude toward the Russo-Japanese War of 1904�5.





With an introduction by Steven W. Kohl, University of Oregon.


About the Author


Soseki Natsume (1867-1916) is widely considered the foremost novelist of the Meiji period (1868-1914). Soseki wrote 14 novels, including Inside my Glass Doors and I Am a Cat.