Tag: John Nathan

November 12, 2019

New Book Tuesday! Play Time and more!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! From the Film and Culture series Play Time Jacques Tati and Comedic Modernism Malcolm Turvey Malcolm Turvey examines Jacques Tati’s unique comedic style and evaluates its significance for the history of...

September 30, 2018

International Translation Day

Today, September 30th, isn’t just the last day of National Translation Month it is also International Translation Day. International Translation Day is a day to celebrate language professionals and the work that they do. Here on the Columbia University Press...

September 11, 2018

A Reluctant Translator: Reflections from John Nathan

As part of our month-long feature celebrating National Translation Month, today we have a guest post by John Nathan, author of Sōseki: Modern Japan’s Greatest Novelist and translator of Natsume Sōseki’s final novel Light and Dark. Remember to enter our drawing...

December 13, 2013

Excerpt from Natsume Soseki's Light and Dark, Part II

This week our featured book is Light and Dark: A Novel by Natsume Sōseki, translated with an introduction by John Nathan. Throughout the week, we will be featuring content about the book, its author, and its translator on our blog...

December 12, 2013

Natsume Soseki: The Merits and Flaws of -isms

Read “The Merits and Flaws of -isms,” by Natsume Soseki, excerpted from The Theory of Literature.

December 11, 2013

John Nathan's Introduction to Light and Dark

This week our featured book is Light and Dark: A Novel by Natsume Sōseki, translated with an introduction by John Nathan. Throughout the week, we will be featuring content about the book, its author, and its translator on our blog...

December 10, 2013

Excerpt from Natsume Sōseki's Light and Dark

Read the first nine chapters of Natsume Soseki’s masterpiece, Light and Dark!

December 2, 2013

Columbia University Press Author Events for December!

To close out the year, our author events in December cover a wide variety of subjects and span the country. Highlights include several events with John Nathan, translator of Light and Dark, discussing Natsume Sōseki’s novel and its Jamesian elements....