Two Paths and Other Essays

What happens when thought has to answer to the life we actually lead? In seven essays written between 1910 and 1922, Arishima Takeo (1878-1923) weighs the competing claims of art and faith, the authority of intellectuals, the freedom of children and the obligations of a landowner. The allegory of "Two Paths" opens an argument about class and culture, and the book ends with an address handing a farm over to its tenants.

A compact collection of Japanese literary and social thought: seven complete essays in a new translation from the Japanese, with a translator's note, endnotes and source information. AI-assisted translation.