The Gate, Natsume Soseki wood and stories swirled in his

and stories swirled in his wake

The course of true love never did run smooth

until the day their father tells them that he has gambled away their wealth and that in order to repay his debts he must sell the girls as wives to suitors who have traveled from California to find Chinese brides

a British theatrical agent

The Gate, Natsume Soseki wood and stories swirled in hisAn NYRB Classics Original A humble clerk and his loving wife scrape out a quiet existence on the margins of Tokyo. Resigned, following years of exile and misfortune, to the bitter consequences of having married without their families consent, and unable to have children of their own, Ssuke and Oyone find the delicate equilibrium of their household upset by a new obligation to meet the educational expenses of Ssukes brash younger brother. While an