Kokoro

　　《時代雜誌》評選為塑造二十世紀亞洲最重要的五本書之一。日本近代最偉大作家夏目漱石代表作。日本大文豪夏目漱石，1914年在〈朝日新聞〉發表本書，不僅關照生與死，內在與誘惑，更反映當時世界動亂的局勢、探索世代推移的意義，同時尋求內心孤寂感的解脫。本書自從發表以來，一直被視為漱石文學的代表作品。漱石曾經親自寫道：「推薦此書給渴盼探求內心世界的人。」送走一個舊的世紀，《時代雜誌》將《心》選做塑造二十世紀亞洲最重要的五大著作之一，意義非凡。迎接一個新的世紀，這是你必須展讀的一本書。

　　Set in the turbulent Meiji era, a chance encounter on a Kamakura beach irrevocably links a young student to a man he simply calls’ Sensei.” Intrigued by Sensei’s aloofness and wanting to know more about him, the student begins to call upon Sensei with increasing frequency. Eventually, Sensei and his beautiful wife open up their home and their lives to him. The young student graduates from university and is called home to his dying father, but the Sensei draws him back to Tokyo with a letter of heartfelt confession. …Written in 1914, Kokoro provides a timeless psychological analysis of one man’s alienation from society, and starkly but gently shows the depth of both friendship and love.